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ISO 639-3 · islisl
West Scandinavian family
Icelandic
Íslenska
Icelandic is a language of the West Scandinavian branch, spoken in Iceland and Denmark. Wikidata counts 358,000 first-language speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “North Germanic language mainly spoken in Iceland”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
isl- ISO 639-1
is- Glottocode
icel1247- Family
- West Scandinavian
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 65.00, -19.00
- Wikipedia
- 185 language editions
358,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
1levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Icelandic · Íslenska |
|---|---|
| Also called | Icelandic language, Íslenska, Iſlandic tongue |
| L1 speakers | 358,000 (2013) |
| All speakers | 321,040 (2015) |
| Written in | Latin script, Icelandic alphabet, Icelandic Braille |
| Official in | Iceland |
| 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: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From West Scandinavian to Icelandic
The branches above Icelandic, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
3West ScandinavianfamilyislIcelandiclanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
