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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| The languages spoken on the Faroe Islands include: | | The principal language is Faeroese [''føroyskt''], a Nordic language descended from old Norse. It is closely related to Icelandic and the Western dialects of Norwegian, but with enough difference from both to make it unintelligible to outsiders, unless spoken very slowly. Faroese was long regarded as a peasant language and the written form was not standardized until the 1890s. Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish are widely understood and spoken. Knowledge of English is also quite common. Records are written in Danish or Faeroese. |
| *'''Faroese'''
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| **It is spoken in the entire area as a first language.
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| **The numbers who speak Faroese are unclear since many ethnic Faroese live in Faroe Island and Denmark
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| **Faroese is most similar to Icelandic and to their ancestor Old Norse, but is closer to Norwegian dialects of Western Norway
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| *'''Danish'''
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| **It is the second official language
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| ** Danish is taught in schools
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| **It can be used by the government in public relations <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Faroe Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands#Language, accessed 27 Jun 2021.</ref>
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| ==Word List(s)== | | ==Word List(s)== |
| '''Faroese'''
| | *[https://wikitravel.org/en/Faroese_phrasebook Faroese phrasebook] |
| *[https://wikitravel.org/en/Faroese_phrasebook Faroese phrasebook (Wikitravel)] | |
| *[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/faroese.php Useful Faroese phrases (Omniglot)]
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| '''Danish'''
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| *[[Danish Genealogical Word List]] | | *[[Danish Genealogical Word List]] |
| *[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/danish.php Useful Danish phrases (Omniglot)]
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| ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== |
| '''Faroese'''
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| *[https://omniglot.com/writing/faroese.htm Faroese Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)]
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| *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_language Faroese Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)]
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| The Faroese alphabet consists of 29 letters derived from the Latin script:
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| |bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center" colspan="29" | '''Majuscule forms''' (also called '''uppercase''' or '''capital letters''')
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| |align="center" colspan="29" | '''Minuscule forms''' (also called '''lowercase''' or '''small letters''')
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| '''Danish'''
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| *[https://omniglot.com/writing/danish.htm Danish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)]
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| *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_orthography Danish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)]
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| ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== |
| '''Faroese'''
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| *[https://www.101languages.net/faroese/vowels.html Learn Faroese (101Languages)]
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| *[https://glosbe.com/fo/en Faroese to English Dictionary (Glosbe)]
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| *[https://www.visitfaroeislands.com/about/people-society/language/ Do You Speak Faroese? (VisitFaroeIslands)]
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| '''Danish'''
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| *[https://glosbe.com/en/da Danish to English Dictionary (Glosbe)]
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| *[https://en.bab.la/dictionary/danish-english/ Danish to English Dictionary (Bab.la)]
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| *[https://www.lexilogos.com/english/danish_dictionary.htm Danish Dictionary (Lexilogos)]
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| ==Additional Resources== | | ==Additional Resources== |
| *[https://www.uv.es/capelo/thefaroeselanguage.html The Faroese Language]
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
