Frisian, spoken in northern Holland, developed independently, as did Faroese, a Scandinavian language spoken in the Faroe Islands.

• 荷兰北部地区所讲的弗里斯兰语是独立发展的一门语言。法罗斯语也一样，它是法罗群岛上的人们所讲的一种斯堪的纳维亚语言。