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Faroese
føroyskt mál
Native to Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland
Ethnicity Faroe Islanders
Native speakers 66,000  (2007)e18
Language family
Early forms:
Old Norse
Writing system Latin (Faroese orthography)
Faroese Braille
Official status
Official language in  Faroe Islands
Recognised minority language in  Denmark
Regulated by Faroese Language Board Føroyska málnevndin
Linguasphere 52-AAA-ab

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 numbers

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


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