Faroese is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of whom 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2015 estimate. StatusWikipedia article on Faroese: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Attested From (Year) Classification
Language Kind Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Faroese Language
Source Wikipedia: Faroese Language
Written In
Faroese is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.
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Found In
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Source Glottolog
Sources
1. Glottolog: Faroese (Glottolog languoid faro1244)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: threatened
2. Omniglot: Faroese language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotFaroese at a glance
Status : official language in Faroe Islands.
Language at a glance
First written : 14th century AD
View the Source 3. Wikipedia: Faroese Language
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Faroese ( FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-; endonym: føroyskt [ˈføːɹɪst]) is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of whom 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere.
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Infobox, Speakers
69,000 (2015)
Infobox, Native to
Faroe Islands
In Family: Germanic, Infobox, Language family
Germanic
In Family: North Germanic, Infobox, Language family
North Germanic
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