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Faroese [a] ( / ˌfɛəroʊˈiːz, ˌfær -/ FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-; [3] 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.
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Article History. Also spelled: Faeroese. Faroese: Føroysk. Related Topics: Scandinavian languages. Faroese literature. Faroese language, language spoken in the Faroe Islands by some 48,000 inhabitants. Faroese belongs to the West Scandinavian group of the North Germanic languages.
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Faroese is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in the Faroe Islands ( Føroyar) In 2007 there were about 66,000 speakers of Faroese: 45,000 in the Faroe Islands, and 21,000 elsewhere, mainly in Denmark. Faroese is closely related to Icelandic, and the dialects of western Norway.
Faroese grammar is related and very similar to that of Icelandic. Faroese is an inflected language with three grammatical genders and four cases: nominative, accusative, dative and genitive.
