Faroese language

E15022
Germanic language North Germanic language West Nordic language natural language

The Faroese language is a North Germanic language spoken in the Faroe Islands, closely related to Icelandic and Old Norse and known for preserving many archaic Norse features.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Faroese 30
Faroese language canonical 7
Old Faroese 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic language ⓘ
North Germanic language ⓘ
West Nordic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
ancestor Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
autonym føroyskt ⓘ
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Icelandic language ⓘ
Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasCaseSystem four grammatical cases ⓘ
hasFeature V2 word order in main clauses ⓘ
complex vowel system ⓘ
consonant length distinctions ⓘ
rich inflectional morphology ⓘ
hasGrammaticalCase accusative ⓘ
dative ⓘ
genitive ⓘ
nominative ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
neuter ⓘ
hasNumber plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
languageBranch West Scandinavian ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-1 fo ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-2 fao ⓘ
languageCodeISO639-3 fao ⓘ
minorityLanguageIn Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
nativeTo Faroe Islands ⓘ
officialIn Faroe Islands ⓘ
preservesFeatureFrom Old Norse morphology ⓘ
Old Norse phonology ⓘ
region North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic
regulatingBody Faroese Language Council ⓘ
relatedTo Danish language ⓘ
Norwegian language ⓘ
Swedish language ⓘ
spokenIn Canada ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Faroe Islands ⓘ
Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subbranch North Germanic languages ⓘ
subfamily Germanic languages ⓘ
usedAs language of administration in Faroe Islands ⓘ
language of education in Faroe Islands ⓘ
language of media in Faroe Islands ⓘ
usesDiacritics acute accent ⓘ
usesLetter æ ⓘ
ð ⓘ
ø ⓘ
writingSystem Faroese alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse → influenced → Faroese language ⓘ
Norse → hasDescendant → Faroese language ⓘ
Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
Jóhan → hasLanguageUsage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
North Germanic languages → includesLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
North Germanic languages → majorModernStandard → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Faroese
Scandinavians → oftenDistinguishedFrom → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Faroe Islands → officialLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Dag → languageOfUse → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Faroese alphabet → usedFor → Faroese language ⓘ
Faroese alphabet → language → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Faroese Language Council → officialLanguageRegulated → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Faroese Language Council → languageOfWork → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Old Icelandic → closelyRelatedTo → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Faroese
Icelandic → closelyRelatedTo → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
West Scandinavian languages → sharesFeatureWith → Faroese language ⓘ
Ivar → hasLanguageOfUse → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Poul → languageOfUse → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Merkið → hasLanguageForm → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Løgting → officialLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Port of Tórshavn → languageUsed → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Faroe Islands national football team → officialLanguageOfTeamCountry → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Faroese → homelandOfficialLanguages → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Hestur → hasCulturalCharacteristic → Faroese language ⓘ
Hestur → hasNameOrigin → Faroese language ⓘ
Tor → languageOfUse → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Viðoy → languageUsed → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Nólsoy → languageSpoken → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Borðoy → hasLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Nordic Council Literature Prize → eligibleLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Kalsoy → languageSpoken → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Nordic Council of Ministers → officialLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Hedvig → languageOfUse → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Sandoy → officialLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Søren → languageOfUse → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Vilhelm → languageOfUse → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Faroese government → languageOfAdministration → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Ministry of Culture of the Faroe Islands → languageOfJurisdiction → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese
Ministry of Culture of the Faroe Islands → usesLanguage → Faroese language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faroese