Florian Biesik
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Florian Biesik created a literary standard for Vilamovian, trying to prove it did not derive from German
origin, but possibly Dutch
, Frisian, or Anglo-Saxon
.
An Austro-Hungarian civil servant, he was sent to the Adriatic port of Trieste
, where he spent most of his professional life as the director of the local post office. After retiring, he moved to the village of Nabrežina
near the coastal resort of Duino
, where he frequented the cultural circles of the local Slovene community.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
origin, but possibly Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
, Frisian, or Anglo-Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
.
An Austro-Hungarian civil servant, he was sent to the Adriatic port of Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, where he spent most of his professional life as the director of the local post office. After retiring, he moved to the village of Nabrežina
Nabrežina
Nabrežina is a village in the karst part of the comune of Duino-Aurisina near Trieste in a region of Slovene minority in Italy. It lies 15 kilometres north-west from Trieste and has a total of 2406 inhabitants , according to the census 60% of them Slovenes.-Overview:The village of Nabrežina was...
near the coastal resort of Duino
Duino
Duino is a town at the Adriatic coast in the municipality of Duino-Aurisina, part of the region of Friuli – Venezia Giulia in the province of Trieste, north-eastern Italy....
, where he frequented the cultural circles of the local Slovene community.