From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-06-23 13:53:24 +0000, Dirk van den Boom said:   
      
   > Am 20.06.2014 21:53, schrieb Michael R N Dolbear:   
   >> A reason to pay for a book to be published   
   >>   
   >> Loic McMaster Bujold has just blogged about a translation of The   
   >> Hallowed Hunt into Friesan   
   >>   
   >> The first edition of Yn it Skaad fan de Wolf consists of 250 copies   
   >   
   > Well, there aren't so many Frisians left. Some in the north of the   
   > Netherlands, actually the biggest group, and a tiny group in Germany.   
   > Of that you need a percentage of SF/F-fans, and suddenly 250 looks   
   > quite a number :-)   
      
   Two tiny groups in Germany, actually. But, unlike most of Europe, the   
   Netherlands have not actively persecuted minority languages in modern   
   times, so Dutch Frisian is pretty healthy.   
      
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