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[Dooitze de Jong <dooitzedejong@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
     Assignee: Ubuntu Dutch Translators (ubuntu-l10n-nl) => Ubuntu Fryske Oersetting (ubuntu-l10n-fy)

** Changed in: ubuntu-translations
       Status: New => In Progress

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Frisian is not Western Frisian or 'West Fries'
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/562369
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Status in Ubuntu Translations (internationalization and localization): In Progress

Bug description:
In many packages the Frisian language as spoken in the Dutch province of Friesland is often called West-Frisian or Western Frisian. This causes confusion: there is a group of dialects in the province of North-Holland -- which has got an area that's called West-Friesland -- under the name West-Frisian and most Frisians call their language Frisian (or 'Frysk' and 'Fries' in Frisian and Dutch).

The Dutch translation should most certainly use 'Fries' instead of 'West-Fries' since the current translation makes the language hard to find in the 'Language Settings' dialogue -- virtually no one uses the name 'West-Fries'.

In English I understand that 'Western Frisian' is used in order to prevent confusion with the German dialect 'Ost Fries'. But in Dutch I would recommend to use just plain 'Fries'.