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Language code: fao

Technical information about ISO 639 language code fao

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The table below provides technical details for the Faroese language, designated by the fao code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

fao

Name

Official

Faroese

Native

Føroyskt

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern (Klaksvík)Southern (Tórshavn)
Related languages
IcelandicNorwegian (Nynorsk)Danish
Key facts
Descended directly from Old West Norse brought by Viking settlers in the 9th centuryOrthography codified by V.U. Hammershaimb in the 19th century preserves many historical spellingsUses the Latin alphabet supplemented by letters such as ð, ø and vowels with acute accentsExhibits complex consonant lenition and vowel alternations known as 'skerping'Spoken by roughly 70,000 people worldwide.
Sample phrase

Halló, hvussu hevur tú tað?

Character encodings

ISO 8859-10, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Faroese language, identified by the code fao, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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