Faroese
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A language of Faroe Islands
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Faeroese, Føroyskt
Population
48,000 in Faroe Islands (2015 R. Hansen). Total users in all countries: 69,150.
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
Grammar. Bible: 1948–1961.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

Christian.