Faroese is the Germanic language of the Faroe Islands spoken by about 70,000 people.
The language came from Old Norse which was spoken in the Middle Ages. Faroese is the most similar to Icelandic. The alphabet has 29 letters that come from the Latin alphabet.
Faroese | |
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føroyskt mál | |
Pronunciation | [ˈføːɹɪst mɔaːl] |
Native to | Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland |
Ethnicity | Faroe Islanders |
Native speakers | 66,000 (2007) |
Indo-European
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Early forms | Old Norse
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Latin (Faroese orthography) Faroese Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Faroe Islands |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Faroese Language Board Føroyska málnevndin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | fo |
ISO 639-2 | fao |
ISO 639-3 | fao |
Glottolog | faro1244 |
Linguasphere | 52-AAA-ab |
Number | Faroese |
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0 | null |
1 | eitt |
2 | tvey |
3 | trý |
4 | fýra |
5 | fimm |
6 | seks |
7 | sjey |
8 | átta |
9 | níggju |
10 | tíggju |
11 | ellivu |
12 | tólv |
13 | trettan |
14 | fjúrtan |
15 | fimtan |
16 | sekstan |
17 | seytjan |
18 | átjan |
19 | nítjan |
20 | tjúgu |
21 | einogtjúgu |
22 | tveyogtjúgu |
23 | trýogtjúgu |
24 | fýraogtjúgu |
25 | fimmogtjúgu |
26 | seksogtjúgu |
27 | sjeyogtjúgu |
28 | áttaogtjúgu |
29 | níggjuogtjúgu |
30 | tretivu |
31 | einogtretivu |
40 | fjøruti |
50 | hálvtrýss |
60 | trýss |
70 | hálvfjerðs |
80 | fýrs |
90 | hálvfems |
100 | hundrað |
1000 | (eitt) túsund |
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