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Faroese language
Faroese was a dialect of Old Norse, and appeared as a separate language only due to its insular, isolate position. And nevertheless, Faroese now looks quite like Icelandic nad resembles Danish very much. There are plenty of dialects of the tongue on different islands, and no fixed literary form of it exists except the language of ancient sagas and fables written since the 14th century and popular even nowadays.
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Faroe Islands - Faroese language sound files
Faroe Islands - sound files of the Faroese language. [eng]
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Orðafar
An online newsletter discussing
Faroese word usage in Faroese.
Allows word search in all issues. [eng]
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Faroese Language Software and Faroese Language Products
General information about
the language, a text sample
with English translation. From
World Language Resources. [eng]
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About the Faroese Language Committee
The Faroese Language Committee is an advisory institute under the aegis of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The Committee was founded in April 1985, pursuant to the Regulation Governing the Faroese Language Committee. [eng]
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Faroese Literature (the s.c.nordic FAQ)
The Nordic FAQ: Frequently Answered Questions in the Usenet newsgroup soc.culture.nordic. The Faroese language resembles both Icelandic and Western Norwegian dialects. It is almost mutually intelligible with other North Germanic languages - at least in its written form. The written form of Faroese was established in the 19th century by Venzel Hammershaimb and modeled after Icelandic with almost the same alphabet. [eng]
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The Faroese Language
Population and Settlement. Earliest Language Sources. The Restoration of the Language. The Written Language. Some Characteristics of the Faroese Language. The Vocabulary. The Dialect Norm. [eng]
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