Icelandic Language

Icelandic
Íslenska
Pronunciation	['i:s(t)lɛnska]
Native to	Iceland
Native speakers	330,000 (2013)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic West Scandinavian Insular Scandinavian Icelandic
Early forms	Old Norse Old West Norse Old Icelandic Icelandic
Writing system	Latin (Icelandic alphabet) Icelandic Braille
Official status
Official language in	Iceland
Regulated by	Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in an advisory capacity
Language codes
ISO 639-1	is
ISO 639-2	(B)  (T)
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	icel1247
Linguasphere	52-AAA-aa
The Icelandic-speaking world:   regions where Icelandic is the language of the majority   regions where Icelandic is the language of a significant minority
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Icelandic ⁱ/aɪsˈlændɪk/ (Icelandic: [íslenska]) is a North Germanic language, the language of Iceland. It is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the colonisation of the Americas. Icelandic, Faroese, Norn, and Western Norwegian formerly constituted West Nordic; Danish, Eastern Norwegian and Swedish constituted East Nordic. Modern Norwegian Bokmål is influenced by both groups, leading the Nordic languages to be divided into mainland Scandinavian languages and Insular Nordic (including Icelandic).