Faroese
insular Nordic language spoken as a native language by the people of Faroe Islands
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Summary
Faroese is a language[1]. Faroese ranks in the top 0.64% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,054 views/month, #36 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Faroe Islands[3], Kingdom of Denmark[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: West Scandinavian[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7]
- Commons category: Faroese language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: fo[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Faroese language[10]
- Commons gallery: Faroese language[11]
- Language regulatory body: Faroese Language Board[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 69,150[13]
- Has characteristic: agreement[14]
- Native label: Føroyskt mál[15], Føroyskt[16]
- Different from: Faroese[17]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[18]
- Indigenous to: Faroe Islands[19]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/FAO[20]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[21], genitive case[22], dative case[23], accusative case[24]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[25]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[26], V2 word order[27], nominative–accusative language[28], stress-timed language[29], fusional language[30]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[31], feminine[32], neuter[33]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Faroese-language films[34]
- Related category: Category:Faroese pronunciation[35]
Why It Matters
Faroese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Faroese is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]