Faroese language

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 to	Faroe Islands, Denmark, Greenland
Ethnicity	Faroe Islanders
Native speakers	66,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic West Scandinavian Insular Scandinavian Faroese
Early forms	Old Norse Old West Norse Old Norwegian[2] Old Faroese
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
Language codes
ISO 639-1	fo
ISO 639-2	fao
ISO 639-3	fao
Glottolog	faro1244
Linguasphere	52-AAA-ab
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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

References

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.