Faroese language

Faroese is the language spoken in the Faroe Islands. It is a Scandinavian language similar to Icelandic and Western Norwegian. With only 60.000 speakers in the Faroes and abroad, it is the smallest Germanic language and one of the smallest languages in Europe.

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  Some Isoglosses of Faroese

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  Keyboard lay-out

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  Priest V. U. Hammershaimb (1819-1909), creator of the Modern Faroese as written language. See also: Faroese stamps 1980

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  Dr. phil. Jakob Jakobsen (1864-1918), Faroese and Old Norse linguist. See also: Faroese stamps 1980

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  V. U. Hammershaimb and Jakob Jakobsen: Færøsk Anthologi, Copenhagen 1891 - bind 2: Ordsammling (by Jakob Jakobsen) - the first dictionary of Modern Faroese (Faroese-Danish).

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  Móðurmálið (Our motherlanguage) 1948 by Janus Kamban is a monument in Tórshavn.

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  The national anthem Tú alfagra land mítt by Símun av Skarði 1906 - page 1

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