Faroese language

insular Nordic language spoken as a native language by the people of Faroe Islands
(Redirected from Faroese alphabet)

Faroese is the Germanic language of the Faroe Islands spoken by about 70,000 people. The language came from Old Norse which was spoken in the Middle Ages. Faroese is the most similar to Icelandic. The alphabet has 29 letters that come from the Latin alphabet.

Faroese
føroyskt mál
Pronunciation[ˈføːɹɪst mɔaːl]
Native toFaroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland
EthnicityFaroe Islanders
Native speakers
66,000 (2007)[1]
Early forms
Latin (Faroese orthography)
Faroese Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Faroe Islands
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated byFaroese Language Board Føroyska málnevndin
Language codes
ISO 639-1fo
ISO 639-2fao
ISO 639-3fao
Glottologfaro1244
Linguasphere52-AAA-ab
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Faroese numbers change

Number Faroese
0 null
1 eitt
2 tvey
3 trý
4 fýra
5 fimm
6 seks
7 sjey
8 átta
9 níggju
10 tíggju
11 ellivu
12 tólv
13 trettan
14 fjúrtan
15 fimtan
16 sekstan
17 seytjan
18 átjan
19 nítjan
20 tjúgu
21 einogtjúgu
22 tveyogtjúgu
23 trýogtjúgu
24 fýraogtjúgu
25 fimmogtjúgu
26 seksogtjúgu
27 sjeyogtjúgu
28 áttaogtjúgu
29 níggjuogtjúgu
30 tretivu
31 einogtretivu
40 fjøruti
50 hálvtrýss
60 trýss
70 hálvfjerðs
80 fýrs
90 hálvfems
100 hundrað
1000 (eitt) túsund

References change

  1. Faroese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Sandøy, H., Frå tre dialektar til tre språk. In: Gunnstein Akselberg og Edit Bugge (red.), Vestnordisk språkkontakt gjennom 1200 år. Tórshavn, Fróðskapur, 2011, pp. 19-38. [1]