Mooring (North Frisian dialect)

Mooring
Bökingharde Frisian
Böökinghiirder frasch
Bilingual town sign (German-Mooring) in Niebüll
Native to	Germany
Region	Bökingharde, Nordfriesland
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Anglo-Frisian Frisian North Frisian Mooring
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	moor1245
Linguasphere	52-ACA-eab
North Frisian dialects

Mooring or Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. The name Mooring refers to the Risum Bog (Risem Moor or Risem Måår). The dialect forms part of the mainland group of North Frisian dialects.

Mooring is often used as a North Frisian lingua franca, especially on the internet, and there is a Mooring Frisian primary school in Risum-Lindholm.