Iceland
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Danish
[dan] Users: 1,040 in Iceland (2008 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, East Scandinavian, Danish-Swedish, Danish-Riksmal, Danish.
English
[eng] Users: 301,080 in Iceland, all users. L1 users: 1,080 in Iceland (2008 census). L2 users: 300,000 (2015). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
German, Standard
[deu] Users: 1,040 in Iceland (2008 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Icelandic
[isl] Widespread. Users: 300,000 in Iceland (2015 S. Ager). Total users in all countries: 328,960. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2011, Act 61(2)). Autonym: íslenska. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, North, West Scandinavian.
Icelandic Sign Language
[icl] Scattered, especially in and around Reykjavik. Users: 1,525, all users. L1 users: 275 (Thorvaldsdóttir and Stefánsdóttir 2015). Estimated 250–300 deaf signers (less than 0.1%, Thorvaldsdóttir and Stefánsdóttir 2015:410). Other estimates: 250 (2014 EUD); 300 (Ministry of Education, Science and Culture); 1,400 (2014 IMB). L2 users: 1,250 (Thorvaldsdóttir and Stefánsdóttir 2015). Status: 6a (Vigorous). Recognized language (2011, Act. No. 61, Articles 3, 5, 7, 9, 13), Establishes right of use for deaf people and their families; development and promotion; an Icelandic Sign Language Council; interpreters in courts. Alternate Names: ITM, ÍTM, Íslenskt táknmál. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Lithuanian
[lit] Users: 1,440 in Iceland (2008 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Baltic, Eastern.
Polish
[pol] Users: 9,110 in Iceland (2008 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, West, Lechitic.