Faroese language
Faroese (ISO 639-3 code fao) is a language of the Indo-European family spoken in Denmark and Faroe Islands. It has about 720,000 speakers.
Faroese dictionary: 2,029 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Faroese dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | fao |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | faro1244 |
| Family | Indo-European |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Denmark, Faroe Islands |
| Speakers (estimate) | 720,000 |
Related languages
Other Indo-European languages, nearest first.
- German135,000,000 speakers
- Swedish10,000,000 speakers
- Danish5,600,000 speakers
- Northern Frisian8,000 speakers
- English1,500,000,000 speakers
- Hindi610,000,000 speakers
- Spanish560,000,000 speakers
- French310,000,000 speakers
- Bengali273,000,000 speakers
- Portuguese264,000,000 speakers
- Russian255,000,000 speakers
- Urdu232,000,000 speakers
More about Faroese
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.