Faroese language

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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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Faroese	9
Old Faroese	1
Standard 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