Faroese

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A language of Faroe Islands

ISO 639-3
fao
Alternate Names
Faeroese
Autonym
Føroyskt
User Population

48,000 in Faroe Islands (2015 R. Hansen). Total users in all countries: 69,000.

Location

Widespread.

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Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1948, Faroe Islands Home Rule Act, Section 11), Co-equal with Danish for official purposes.

Classification
Indo-European, Germanic, North, West Scandinavian
Dialects

Suthuroy. Not inherently intelligible with Icelandic [isl].

Language Use

Also use Danish [dan].

Language Development

Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1948–1961.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Faroese
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.

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