The Faroese Language Board (in Faroese: Málráðið, before 2012, Føroyska málnevndin) is the language regulator of the Faroese language. It was founded...

Faroese (/ˌfɛəroʊˈiːz, ˌfær-/ FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-; endonym: føroyskt [ˈføːɹɪst]) is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000...

consider themselves to be authorities on standard languages, often called language academies. Language academies are motivated by, or closely associated...

of the Faroe Islands (Faroese: Fólkakirkjan, lit. 'people's church'; Danish: Færøernes folkekirke), also known as the Faroese People's Church, is the...

capital of the Faroe Islands. It consists of five faculties: Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature, Faculty of Social Sciences and History, Faculty of...

was headed by a board of nine, the judge, who was chairman, one representative of Faroe Fish Export, one representative of the Faroese Merchants' Union...

Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic...

internationalization and web compatibility advantages. Icelandic and Faroese are the only North Germanic languages not to use the å. The Old Norse letter á is retained...

Whaling in the Faroe Islands, or grindadráp (from the Faroese terms grindhvalur, meaning pilot whale, and dráp, meaning killing), is a type of drive hunting...

Norwegian, Faroese, and Icelandic, all of which are descended from Old Norse. The East Germanic languages are now extinct, and Gothic is the only language in...

languages—Danish, Norwegian and Swedish—form a dialect continuum and are considered mutually intelligible. The Insular Scandinavian languages—Faroese...

The Faroese Confederation of Sports & Olympic Committee (Faroese: Ítróttasamband Føroya [fo]) (abbreviated ÍSF or FCSOC) is the highest authority for sporting...

The Faroe Islands national football team (Faroese: Føroyska fótbóltsmanslandsliðið, Danish: Færøernes fodboldlandshold) represents the Faroe Islands in...

century. The status of the Faroese language in education was a significant issue for decades, until it was accepted as a language of instruction in 1938....

Atlantic Airways (Faroese: Atlantsflog) is the national airline of the Faroe Islands, operating domestic helicopter services and international passenger...

and Bible translator and author of the first school grammar of the Faroese language) declaim Jóannes Patursson's Nú er tann stundin komin til handa (Now...

there are as many as 5,000 speakers of Patagonian Welsh. The Welsh Language Board indicated in 2004 that 553,000 people (19.7% of the population of Wales...

was a Danish writer and translator known for her contributions to Faroese language and literature.   She was born in Dalóastovu, Havn in 1877. Her father...

This is a list of languages arranged by age of the oldest existing text recording a complete sentence in the language. It does not include undeciphered...

EB/Streymur is a Faroese semi-professional football club based in Streymnes and Eiði. The club was founded in 1993, as result of the merger between EB...

Bárður á Steig Nielsen (Faroese pronunciation: [ˌbɔ͡ɑɹʊɹ ɔ͡ɑ ˈsta͡ɪ ˈnɪlsɛn]; born 16 April 1972) is a Faroese politician and businessman who serves as...

Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins (Faroese Cultural Prize) has been awarded by the Faroese government to Faroese writers, musicians, artists etc. since 1998...

Christian Djurhuus (1773–1853), who was the first to write poems in the Faroese language. After finishing school Hans Andreas worked as a fisherman for a short...

Syðrugøta (Danish: Sydregøte) is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Eystur Municipality. As of January 2024[update], it...

Fámjin stone) (Faroese: Fámjinssteinurin). The stone bears both Latin and Runic letters. The stone is dated to the time after the Faroese reformation in...

John L. (1981). Introduced Birds of the World. Agricultural Protection Board of Western Australia. pp. 21–493 protonym: Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 Systema...

P/F Bakkafrost is a Faroese salmon farming company based in Glyvrar on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming...

and small k were used in transcriptions of the Dakota language in publications of the American Board of Ethnology in the late 19th century. Turned small...

Sigurðardóttir (born 12 August 1946) is a Faroese educator, writer and translator, specializing in the history of Faroese literature. She lives in Tórshavn and...

conventions exist for the following four languages: BGN/PCGN romanization of Faroese (1968 agreement) BGN/PCGN romanization of German (2000 agreement) BGN/PCGN...