Language code: fo

Technical information about ISO 639 language code fo

Technical information about fo language code (Faroese) is available below.

ISO code

fo

Language

Official

Faroese

Native

Føroyskt

Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Faroese belongs to the Indo-European language family, more specifically to the Germanic subgroup. It is the official language of the Faroe Islands and is also spoken by some communities in Denmark. It is written using the Latin script (Faroese alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 69,000 speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Faroese speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

fo-DK Faroese (Denmark)

fo-FO Faroese (Faroe Islands)

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