Atlantsiike

Atlantsiike also known as Atlantic Frisian or Frisian Creole is a Germanic language spoken in Carolina, primarily in the Warsiene Islands. The language closely relates to other Frisian languages especially West Frisian, however has changed as a result of contact with Native Americans as well as French and English speakers from the United States and Carolina. While the language was considered to be a Creole until 1952, scholars at the Duke University found that the language had shifted due to Carolinian-American involvement and immigration and not do to contact with native speakers. Therefore, the language was renamed Atlantsiike or Atlantic Frisian in 1956. Due to wide scale use of English, French, and Spanish in Carolina, Atlantsiike has begun to loose importance, despite being a national language. This has led to some scholars to consider Atlantsiike an endangered language.