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Encyclopedia > Faeroese
Faroese (Føroyskt)
Spoken in: Denmark
Region: Faroe Islands, Denmark
Total speakers: 80,000
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic classification: Indo-European
 Germanic
  North Germanic
   West Scandinavian
    Faroese
Official status
Official language of: Faroe Islands
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1 fo
ISO 639-2 foe
SIL FAE


Faroese is a West Nordic or West Scandinavian language spoken by about 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 in Denmark. In total, about 80,000 people speak it. It is one of two insular Scandinavian languages which have their origins in the Old Norse language spoken in Scandinavia in the Viking Age, the other being Icelandic.

 
 

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