Icelandic
A language of Iceland
| Population | 230,000 in Iceland (1980 WA). Population total all countries: 238,050. |
| Region | Also in Canada, United States. |
| Alternate names | Íslenska |
| Dialects | No appreciable dialect differences (Nida 1972). Not inherently intelligible with Faroese [fao]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Germanic, North, West Scandinavian |
| Language use | National language. |
| Language development | Fully developed. Bible: 1584–1981. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SVO. |
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