ISO 639-3 · faofao
West Scandinavian family
Faroese
Føroyskt mál
Faroese is a language of the West Scandinavian branch, spoken in Faroe Islands. Wikidata counts about 69,150 speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “insular Nordic language spoken as a native language by the people of Faroe Islands”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
fao- ISO 639-1
fo- Glottocode
faro1244- Family
- West Scandinavian
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 62.00, -6.78
- Wikipedia
- 134 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Faroese · Føroyskt mál |
|---|---|
| Also called | Færoese language, Faeroese language, Føroyskt, Faeroese, Modern Faroese |
| All speakers | 69,150 (2015) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | |
| Grammatical cases | 4 listed in Wikidata |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From West Scandinavian to Faroese
The branches above Faroese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
3West ScandinavianfamilyfaoFaroeselanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
