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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.
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 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.
Faroese is the Germanic language of the Faroe Islands spoken by about 70,000 people. The language came from Old Norse which was spoken in the Middle Ages. Faroese is the most similar to Icelandic. The alphabet has 29 letters that come from the Latin alphabet .
NumberFaroese1eitt2tvey3trý4fýra- 66,000 (2007)
- [ˈføːɹɪst mɔaːl]
Faroese is a Nordic language, which derives from the language of the Norsemen who settled the Faroe Islands in the viking age. Norse settlers arrived in the middle of the 9th century, bringing their West Norse language, which was spoken in Scandinavia and by the Norse people in the British Isles.
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. It preserves more characteristics of Old Norse than any other language except modern Icelandic, to which it is closely related, but with.
