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Name:
Faroese
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Faroese Islands; Føroyskt
Spoken in:
Denmark, Faroe Islands
Number of speakers:
48,200 in Denmark (2007). Population total all countries: 48,260
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
60000
(UNESCO)
Code:
fao
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Dialect Group:
West Norse; Western Old Norse (non-wes)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Faroese
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