Icelandic language

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Germanic_languages
North Germanic languages
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Faroese_language
gptkb:Western_Norwegian_dialects
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Old_Norse
Old West Norse
gptkbp:family gptkb:Indo-European_languages
gptkbp:gender yes
gptkbp:hasCaseSystem four
yes
gptkbp:hasConsonantLengthDistinction yes
gptkbp:hasDefiniteArticle yes
gptkbp:hasDialects very few
gptkbp:hasLanguageAcademy yes
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom gptkb:German
Danish
English
gptkbp:hasVowelLengthDistinction yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Icelandic language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code is
gptkbp:ISO639-3 isl
gptkbp:languageAcademy gptkb:Icelandic_Language_Council
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Indo-European
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:íslenska
gptkbp:notableFeature complex inflection
conservative grammar
purism in vocabulary
retention of archaic features
gptkbp:numberOfGrammaticalGenders three
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 350,000
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Iceland
gptkbp:preserves many features of Old Norse
gptkbp:recordedAt 12th century
gptkbp:region gptkb:Iceland
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Árni_Magnússon_Institute_for_Icelandic_Studies
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Iceland
gptkbp:status government position
gptkbp:supportsLanguage ice
isl
is
gptkbp:usedFor education in Iceland
government in Iceland
media in Iceland
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Eddic_poetry
Icelandic sagas
legal documents in Iceland
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bárðarbunga
gptkb:Germanic_Languages_and_Literatures
gptkb:Old_Norse_language
gptkb:Jenny
gptkb:ISO_646-IS
gptkb:Diacritics
gptkb:Árni_Magnússon_Institute_for_Icelandic_Studies
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6