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* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Icelandic/Alphabet_and_Pronunciation#How_the_letters_are_pronounced How the letters are pronounced in the Icelandic language]
* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Icelandic/Alphabet_and_Pronunciation#How_the_letters_are_pronounced How the letters are pronounced in the Icelandic language]
* [http://www.applet-magic.com/icelandiclang.htm The Alphabet of the Icelandic Language]
* [http://www.applet-magic.com/icelandiclang.htm The Alphabet of the Icelandic Language]
* [http://mylanguages.org/icelandic_alphabet.php Icelandic Alphabet]
The Icelandic alphabet is notable for its retention of two old letters that no longer exist in the English alphabet: Þ, þ (þorn, modern English "thorn") and Ð, ð (eð, anglicised as "eth" or "edh"), representing the voiceless and voiced "th" sounds (as in English thin and this), respectively. The complete Icelandic alphabet is: <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Icelandic language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language#Writing_system, accessed 21 March 2021.</ref>
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! style="background: #efefef; font-weight: normal;" colspan="32" | '''Majuscule forms''' (also called '''uppercase''' or '''capital letters''')
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| A || Á || B || D || Eth|Ð || E || É || F || G || H || I || Í || J || K || L || M || N || O || Ó || P || R || S || T || U || Ú || V || X || Y || Ý || Þ || Æ || Ö
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! style="background: #efefef; font-weight: normal;" colspan="32" | '''Minuscule forms''' (also called '''lowercase''' or '''small letters''')
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| a || á || b || d || ð || e || é || f || g || h || i || í || j || k || l || m || n || o || ó || p || r || s || t || u || ú || v || x || y || ý || þ || æ || ö
|}
'''Pronunciation Aids'''
*[https://ielanguages.com/icelandic-pronunciation.html Icelandic Pronunciation (ielanguages.com)]
*[https://www.worldnomads.com/explore/northern-europe/iceland/icelandic-pronunciation-guide Icelandic Pronunciation Guide (World Nomads)]
*[https://adventures.is/blog/icelandic-words-letters-pronunciation-guide/ Icelandic Words, Letters, and Pronunciation Guide]


==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/IcelOnline/IcelOnline.TEId-idx?type=simple&size=First+100&rgn=lemma&q1=Vinnukona Icelandic to English Dictionary]
'''Language Aids'''
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language#Grammar Icelandic Grammar - Wikipedia]
* [https://www.pinhok.com/kb/icelandic/386/icelandic-grammar/ Icelandic Grammar - Pinhok Languages]
* [https://www.101languages.net/icelandic/grammar.html Icelandic 101]
* [http://mylanguages.org/learn_icelandic.php Learn Icelandic - My Languages.org]
* [https://ielanguages.com/icelandic.html Learn Icelandic Online - ielanguages.com]
 
'''Dictionaries'''
* Hilmisdóttir, Helga. ''Icelandic practical dictionary: Icelandic-English/English-Icelandic.'' New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2017. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/956688334 WorldCat].
* Taylor, A R. ''Icelandic-English, English-Icelandic dictionary.'' New York: Hippocrene Books, 2016. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/982203906 WorldCat].
* Zoega, Geir Tomasson. ''Icelandic-English dictionary.'' Reykjavik: Bokaverzlun Sigurthar Kristjanssonar, 1957. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1058075515 WorldCat].
 
'''Online Dictionaries'''
*[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/IcelOnline/IcelOnline.TEId-idx?type=simple&size=First+100&rgn=lemma&q1=Vinnukona Icelandic to English Dictionary]
*[https://www.lexilogos.com/english/icelandic_dictionary.htm Icelandic Dictionary (Lexilogos)]
*[https://en.glosbe.com/en/is Icelandic-English Dictionary (Glosbe)]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/61748-an-icelandic-english-dictionary?offset=4 An Icelandic-English dictionary]
 
The University of Iceland offers free courses in Icelandic at [https://icelandiconline.com/ Icelandic Online].


==Additional Resources==
==Additional Resources==
 
* Jónsdóttir, Hildur. ''Icelandic.'' London: Hodder Headline, 2004. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/473378360 WorldCat].
* Marsh, George P and Rasmus Kristian Rask. ''A compendious grammar of the Old-Northern or Icelandic language.'' Burlington: Hiram Johnson & Co., 1838. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/63628594 WorldCat].
* Hogg, John. ''On the history of Iceland, and the Icelandic Language and Literature.'' London: J. Murray, 1859. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/37438398 WorldCat].
* Jónsdóttir, Hildur. ''Complete Icelandic.'' London: Teach Yourself, 2010. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1027691531 WorldCat].


==References==
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