websites:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_language
www.ielanguages.com (click on faroese link)
dictionarieshttp://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Faeroese-english/
Alphabet The Faroese alphabet consists of 29 letters:
A, Á, B, D, Ð, E, F, G, H, I, Í, J, K, L, M, N, O, Ó, P, R, S, T, U, Ú, V, Y, Ý, Æ, Ø
Ð, ð can never come at the beginning of a word, but can occur in capital letters in logos or on maps, such as SUÐUROY (Southern Isle).
Ø, ø can also be written ö in poetic language, such as Föroyar (the Faroes). In handwriting and a few signs it's also possible to see Ő, ő.
Common family names on the Faroes are e.g. Lützen, Müller, Winther, or the Christian name Zacharias. Even x was known in Hammershaimbs orthography, such as Saxun for Saksun.
While the Faroese keyboard layout allows one to write in Latin, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, etc., the Old Norse and Modern Icelandic letter þ is missing. In related Faroese words it is written as
or as , and if an Icelandic name has to be transcribed, is common.
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