Faroese language
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| Faroese | ||
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| føroyskt | ||
| Pronunciation | [ˈføːɹɪst], [ˈføːɹɪʂt] | |
| Spoken in | Faroe Islands, Denmark, Norway | |
| Total speakers | 60,000–80,000 | |
| Language family | Indo-European
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| Writing system | Latin (Faroese variant) | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language in |  |
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| Regulated by | Faroese Language Board Føroyska málnevndin | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1 | fo | |
| ISO 639-2 | fao | |
| ISO 639-3 | fao | |
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| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Faroese is the Germanic language of the Faroe Islands spoken by about 70,000 people. The language came from Old Norse which was spoken in the Middle Ages. Faroese is the most similar to Icelandic; although speakers of Faroese and Icelandic can't understand each other, the written languages are quite similar. The alphabet has 29 letters that come from the Latin alphabet.
[change] Faroese numbers
| Number | Faroese |
|---|---|
| 0 | null |
| 1 | eitt |
| 2 | tvey |
| 3 | trý |
| 4 | fýra |
| 5 | fimm |
| 6 | seks |
| 7 | sjey |
| 8 | átta |
| 9 | níggju |
| 10 | tíggju |
| 11 | ellivu |
| 12 | tólv |
| 13 | trettan |
| 14 | fjúrtan |
| 15 | fimtan |
| 16 | sekstan |
| 17 | seytjan |
| 18 | átjan |
| 19 | nítjan |
| 20 | tjúgu |
| 21 | einogtjúgu |
| 22 | tveyogtjúgu |
| 30 | tredivu, tríati |
| 40 | fjøruti, fýrati |
| 50 | hálvtrýss, fimmti |
| 60 | trýss, seksti |
| 70 | hálvfjers, sjeyti |
| 80 | fýrs, áttati |
| 90 | hálvfems, níti |
| 100 | hundrað |
| 1000 | (eitt) túsund |
