2007-04-13 01:53:33 · 5 answers · asked by rfreeman70 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Icelandic. Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Germanic language, the official language of Iceland and the mother tongue of the Icelandic people. Its closest relative is Faroese and can be somewhat understood by a small number of Norwegians as well, depending on their dialect and education.
While most Western European languages have reduced greatly the extent of inflection, particularly in noun declension, Icelandic retains an inflectional grammar comparable to that of Latin, Ancient Greek, or more closely, Old Norse and Old English. This retension of inflective words has enhanced Icelandic's reputation as one of the closest major living cousins to the Proto-Germanic language.
2007-04-13 01:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Icelandic
2007-04-13 14:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by Falco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our native language is Icelandic, which is a Nordic language and rather similar to Norwegian and Swedish. Most Icelanders also speak English and Danish (or another Nordic language).
2007-04-13 08:17:41 · answer #3 · answered by undir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While the official language is Icelandic, they also speak English, Danish, German, And other Scandinavian languages.
2007-04-13 02:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by jan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Icelandic - related to Scandinavian languages (Swedish and Norwegian). The written language rather resembles Old English/Anglo-Saxon in my opinion.
2007-04-13 02:03:48 · answer #5 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋