Latest news

Sep

Historical linguist Dr Alex Kerkhof will give a talk as part of the Weekend of Science on Saturday 7 October: 'Where does 'Tsiis' come from?'

Sep

The fact that new speakers can speak Frisian does not automatically mean they use the language. That is the conclusion of Kircher, Kutlu and Vellinga...

Sep

Mercator and the Europeesk Buro foar Lytse Talen (EBLT) invite you to their roundtable discussion on language diversity in court: what is the the...

Sep

Do you have a college or university degree in the field of language, multilingualism and/or education and do you enjoy the challenge of working in a...

Sep

For the workshop 'Coastal wilderness and cultural landscape?' lecture proposals can be submitted until 1 October.

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Events

Oct

The 12th Conference on Frisian Linguistics will be organised by the Linguistics Circle of the Fryske Akademy. Participation is free of charge.

Oct

Fryske Akademy and Neerlandistiek.nl invite you to the launch of Frisistyk.nl, a new online magazine dedicated to Frisian language and literature.

Oct

This afternoon, Sietze van der Meulen and Rinse Spits will lecture on 'Farmer families at the intersection of silver and genealogy' and 'Strange...

Oct

'Waar komt 'Tsiis' vandaan?', histoarysk taalkundige dr. Alex Kerkhof fertelt ús graach mear oer wat lânbouwurden ús oer it fiere ferline leare.

Oct

The Mercator/ Fryske Akademy Wikiwomen Team will discuss project progress with Irish and Basque schools and Wikipedia organisations.

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Fryske Akademy

We are the academic research institute for the Frisian case, rooted in Frisian society and operating in the international scientific world.

We make Frisian and historical heritage accessible to science, education and society and develop digital tools and collections for innovative research.

Research output

Publications

On the research portal PURE of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) you will find an overview of all research output and activities and links to open access publications of the Fryske Akademy.

Language database Frisian.eu

A website with a great variety on (old)Frisian language resources, such as data, tools and services. Datasets can be downloaded, Json services are freely available. The underlying data is continuously maintained.

Taalportaal

Taalportaal is an English-language digital reference work in which all grammatical knowledge of Dutch, Frisian and Afrikaans has been brought together by researchers from Friesland, the Netherlands and South Africa.

Projects

Frysker: Help with writing in Frisian

Frysker.nl is a site with tools for everyone who wants to write Frisian, such as a translator, spelling checker and dictionaries. The first 30,000 words of the new Dutch-Frisian dictionary are also on Frysker.

Mercator European Research Centre

Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning is hosted by the Fryske Akademy, and researches multilingual education and language learning in Europe.

Historical Geographical Information System

In the oldest land register (1832), 3 million parcels of land have been precisely mapped on HisGIS.nl. This is linked to map layers - from aerial photos to early modern surveyor's recordings - that can be combined with each other.

Members and donors of the Fryske Akademy

As a scientific institute, the Fryske Akademy has had members since its establishment. Akademy members are individuals from all over the world, who deserve this distinction on the basis of merits in the field of science, merits for Frisian culture, or a great long-term enthusiasm for science or Frisian culture in general. Read more about the Members and appointments.

The Fryske Akademy has a large support base of donors who are very keen to support its work. All of them are interested in the Frisian language, culture and science. The Fryske Akademy has ANBI status. This allows donors to deduct donations from income and corporation tax. Read more about being a donor.