Alternate Names: Íslenska
Dialects: No appreciable dialect differences (Nida 1972). Not inherently intelligible with Faroese ,.
Status Notes: De facto national language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 230,000 in Iceland (1980). Population total all countries: 243,840.
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1584–1981.
Typology: SVO.
Spoken In: Iceland
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Iceland