90-02Frisian barbarian tribe

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After 1400 B.C. an expansion of the Germanics into southern Europe took place. Around 800 B.C. the original Germanic group had split into a West-, East (Goths and Vandals) and North Germanic group (Scandinavians). The differences can be traced in language and culture. At the end of the Bronze Age (700 B.C.) the expansion of the West Germanics had reached the coastal areas of northwest Germany (currently the province Hanover).The West Germanics can be divided, along religious lines
One of the most important cultural expressions of a people is their language. The Frisians mothertongue is 'Frisian'.
Frisian is a 'Germanic' language. The Germanic languages can be divided in North, East and West Germanic. Frisian belongs to the 'West Germanic' language group. Other languages belonging to this group are High/Low German, Dutch and English. Of these four languages Frisian is the closest in relation to English.  Frisian, High and Low German, Dutch and English can also be classified as Inguaeonish languages. They have a common origin. In the 8th century A.D. Frisian starts to set itself apart from the other Inguaonish languages. This is the birth of the Frisian language. In the 8th century the Frisian language is spoken in the coastal areas from Holland up to Denmark. 
As any language, Frisian started to develop dialects. Three dialects can be distinguished: East, North and West Frisian

East Frisian
In the 13th century East Frisian was spoken by the people who lived in an area between Lauwers and Weser and on the East Frisian Isles. Today it is spoken only by a thousand people in a small area called Saterland (near Oldenburg). North Frisian 
North Frisian was spoken in an area on the North Sea coast on the Danish/German border. Today it's spoken by about ten thousand people on the islands Amrum, Sylt, Fohr, the Hallingen and on the mainland of Sleeswijk

Meaning of the name "Friezen" 
The name "Friezen" (Frisians) can be traced back to the end of the first century A.D. The Roman writers Plinius and Tacitus write about the so-called Frisii. 
The Germanic word Freisias (Frisians) comes from the Indo-European Preisios. Preisios is a derivation of the root-word prei-, which means: to love. 
Freya is the Germanic goddess of fertility and love. Thus the meaning of the name Friezen can be explained as sons of Freya.