Author: Auke

Before the Vikings dominated the North Sea, there was another seafaring power that controlled the trade routes…

The epic poem Beowulf is the most famous work of Old English literature, and the Frisians play…

J.R.R. Tolkien was one of the greatest linguists of the 20th century, and his languages weren’t just…

When people think of the Dutch founding of New York, they picture merchants from Amsterdam and Holland….

The relationship between the Frisians and the Nazi regime is a complicated chapter that most Frisians would…

For a small province of roughly 650,000 people, Friesland has produced a remarkable number of people who…

Friesland isn’t exactly Silicon Valley, but for a flat, windy province known mostly for cows and ice…

This is one of the most searched questions about Frisians online, and it makes sense — people…

Most people associate Frisians with the Netherlands, but there’s a whole other chapter of Frisian history that…

By all logic, Frisian should be dead. It’s a small language surrounded by one of the world’s…

When someone asks “how old is English?” or “how old is German?”, the answer is surprisingly tricky….

The history of language is a fascinating topic that shows us how our communication has changed over…