Languages

Icelandic

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Icelandic." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/icelandic.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Icelandic. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/icelandic

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-icelandic,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Icelandic},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/icelandic},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Icelandic is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 390,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

isl 1

Speaker Count

390,000 1

Native speakers, undated figure in the infobox.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Germanic

Source Wikipedia: Icelandic Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Icelandic Language

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

Icelandic or Icelandish is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 390,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language.

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1. Wikipedia: Icelandic Language

Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, ISO 639-3

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