Ethnologue

Faroese

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Faeroese

Autonym

Føroyskt

Population

48,000 in Faroe Islands (2015 R. Hansen). Total users in all countries: 69,000.

Location

Widespread.

Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (1948, Faroe Islands Home Rule Act, Section 11), Co-equal with Danish for official purposes.

Classification

Dialects

Suthuroy. Not inherently intelligible with Icelandic [isl].

Language Use

Also use Danish [dan].

Language Development

Literature. Grammar. Bible: 1948–1961.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.