Icelandic Language
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Native speakers | 314,000 (2015) |
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Early forms | Norse |
Pronunciation | 'istlɛnska |
Regulated by | Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies |
Music groups | Finnish language |
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Language family | Germanic languages |
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North Germanic languages | |
Writing systems | Latin script |
Icelandic orthography | |
Icelandic Braille | |
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ID | 3090577 |
About Icelandic Language
Icelandic is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland where it is the national language. It is most closely related to Faroese and Western Norwegian. The language is more conservative than most other Western European languages.