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Faroese (føroyskt, pronoonced [ˈføːɹɪst] or [ˈføːɹɪʂt]), is an Insular Nordic leid spoken bi aboot 50,000 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 spaken in the Middle Ages , the ithers being Icelandic , Norse an the extinct Norn ...
Native name: føroyskt [ˈføːɹɪst] Language family: Indo-European, Germanic, North Germanic, West Scandinavian, Insular Scandinavian. Number of speakers: c. 66,000. Spoken in: Faroe Islands and Denmark. First written: 14th century AD. Writing system: Latin alphabet. Status: official language in Faroe Islands. Recognised minority language in Denmark.
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1035 – Death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking chieftain of the Faroes. Leivur Øssursson becomes Christian autocrat over the Faroes as feud under Norwegian government. The Viking age on the Faroes is over.
Faroese (/ ˌ f ɛər oʊ ˈ iː z, ˌ f ær-/ FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-; endonym: føroyskt mál [ˈføːɹɪst ˈmɔaːl]) is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of which 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere.
The Viking Age in the Faroe Islands lasted from Grímur Kamban 's conquest of the country around 825 until the death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking chieftain on the Faroe Islands in 1035, and the rise to power of Leivur Øssursson in the same year. [1]
Apr 30, 2015 · The Faroese hunt these whales for food — but to be clear, are whales still necessary for their diet? There’s almost no native agriculture in the Faroes, and whales historically have been a staple of sustenance for the Faroese. They’ve survived into the modern day by fishing — including hunting whales — and raising sheep.
Faroe Islands has its own language. The language of the Faroe Islands is called Faroese and it is the official language of the Faroe Islands. Faroese is closely related to Icelandic and to Middle Norwegian, the language used in Norway around 1400.
