What languages are the closest relatives of modern Faroese?

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What languages are the closest relatives of modern Faroese?

2006-06-07 10:58:37 · 3 answers · asked by DNE 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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Icelandic Old Norse

2006-06-07 15:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Faroese is a West Nordic or West Scandinavian language spoken by about 80,000 people in two main groups, about 48,000 in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese in Denmark. There are also around 5,000 speakers in Iceland. It is one of three insular Scandinavian languages descended from the Old Norse language spoken in Scandinavia in the Viking Age, the others being Icelandic and the extinct Norn, which is thought to have been mutually intelligible with Faroese.

2006-06-07 11:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by rescogirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Probably Icelandic.

2006-06-07 11:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋