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FAROE ISLANDS
Language

Cities in FAROE ISLANDS

Tórshavn

Language

The differences and similarities between Faroese, Icelandic and Danish are sometimes remarkable:
Good morning - Góðan morgun - Góðan daginn - God morning

Thank you - Takk fyri - Takk fyrir - tak

Pardon - Orsaka - afsakið - undskyld

Bus - bussur - rúta - buses

Plane - flogfar - flugvél - flyet

Restaurant - matstova - veitingahús - restaurant

Beach - strond - strönd - beach

Bread - breyð - brauð - brød

Sugar - sukur - sykur - sukker

Meat - kjøt - kød

Saturday - leygardagur - laugardagur - lørdag

Sunday - sunnudagur - søndag

One - eitt - einn - en

Two - tvey - tveir - to

Three - trý - þrír - tre

One hundred - hundrað - hundred

One thousand - túsund - þúsund - tusin


Sources

Cornwallis, G. / Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands
Lonely Planet

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

Last updated October 2024
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