Halló!
say it: “HAHL-loh”
Faroese
in its own words: føroyskt
- Speakers
- 70 thousand (estimate)
- Family
- Indo-European – Germanic
- Vitality
- Vulnerable
- Where it is spoken
- Denmark, Faroe Islands
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Faroe Islands
Fun fact
Faroese spelling, devised in 1846 by V. U. Hammershaimb, is etymological, so the letter ð is usually silent. The name Føroyar is interpreted as “sheep islands”.