Faroese leid
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| Faroese | |
|---|---|
| føroyskt | |
| Pronunciation | IPA: [ˈføːɹɪst]] |
| Spoken natively in | Faroe Islands, Denmark |
| Native speakers | aroond 70,000-75,000 (date missin) |
| Leid faimlie |
Indo-European
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| Writin seestem | Laitin (Faroese alphabet) |
| Offeecial status | |
| Offeecial leid in |  Faroe Islands |
| Recognised minority leid in |  Denmark |
| Regulatit by | Faroese Leid Board Føroyska málnevndin |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | fo |
| ISO 639-2 | fao |
| ISO 639-3 | fao |
| Linguasphere | 52-AAA-ab |
Faroese keyboard layoot
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Faroese[1] (føroyskt, pronoonced [ˈføːɹɪst] or [ˈføːɹɪʂt]), is an Insular Nordic leid spoken bi 48,000 fowk in the Faroe Islands an aboot 25,000 Faroese in Denmark an elsewhaur. It is ane o fower leids descendit frae the Auld Wast Norse leid spoken in the Middle Ages, the ithers being Icelandic, Norse an the extinct Norn, which is thought to hae been mutually intelligible wi Faroese. Faroese an Icelandic, its closest extant relative, are no mutually intelligible in speech, but the written leids resemble each ither quite closely.[2]
References [edit]
- ↑ While the spelling Faeroese is an aa seen, Faroese is the spellin uised in grammars, textbuiks, scientific airticles an dictionaries atween Faroese an Inglis.
- ↑ Language and nationalism in Europe, p. 106, Stephen Barbour, Cathie Carmichael, Oxford University Press, 2000
