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Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - The Sociology of Frisian (PDF). Mar 10, 2025
Add new Web site: Europa-Universit�t Flensburg - Frisian - What is that actually? Feb 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Minority Rights Group - Frisians in the Netherlands. Jun 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - College of Humanities - Frysk en Frij. Nov 23, 2023
Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." Aug 20, 2010
Article revised and updated. Mar 06, 2008
Article revised. Dec 31, 1998
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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