Heligolandic (
Halunder) is the
dialect of the
North Frisian language spoken on the
German island of
Heligoland in the
North Sea. It is spoken today by only some 150 of the island's 1,650 inhabitants and is also taught in schools. Heligolandic is closely related to the insular North Frisian dialects of
Fering and
Öömrang because medieval fishery around Heligoland attracted Frisians from
Föhr and
Amrum, and close contacts have been maintained ever since. In fact Fering and Öömrang are closer in linguistic aspects to the dialect of Heligoland than to that of their neighbouring island Sylt,
Söl'ring.