Icelandic

Icelandic is the most unchanged of the major Nordic languages. Modern Icelandic grammar has been handed down virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages. The Icelandic government also ensures, through a language council, that as many new words as possible are given Icelandic forms either through translation or new formulations. As a result, there are few foreign loan words in Icelandic.

Countries with Icelandic as official language

Iceland

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Language code

is

Alphabet

Latin

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