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Faroese orthography


Faroese orthography is the method employed to write the Faroese language, using a 29-letter Latin alphabet.

The Faroese alphabet consists of 29 letters derived from the Latin script:

Faroese avoids having a hiatus between two vowels by inserting a glide. Orthographically, this is shown in three ways:

Typically, the first vowel is long and in words with two syllables always stressed, while the second vowel is short and unstressed. In Faroese, short and unstressed vowels can only be /a/, /i/, /u/.

The value of the glide is determined by the surrounding vowels:


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