Faroese

insular Nordic language spoken as a native language by the people of Faroe Islands
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Faroese

Summary

Faroese is a language[1]. Faroese ranks in the top 0.64% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,055 views/month, #36 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Faroese is in the country of Faroe Islands[3].
  • Faroese is in the country of Kingdom of Denmark[4].
  • Faroese's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Faroese's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Faroese's ISO 639-1 code is recorded as fo[7].
  • Faroese's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as fao[8].
  • Faroese's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as fao[9].
  • Faroese's GND ID is recorded as 4104319-4[10].
  • Faroese's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85047334[11].
  • Faroese's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12048464j[12].
  • Faroese's GOST 7.75–97 code is recorded as фар 735[13].
  • Faroese's subclass of is recorded as West Scandinavian[14].
  • Faroese's writing system is recorded as Latin script[15].
  • Faroese's IETF language tag is recorded as fo[16].
  • Faroese's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576595[17].
  • Faroese's Commons category is recorded as Faroese language[18].
  • Faroese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as fo[19].
  • Faroese's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 62, 'lon': -6.783333333333333}[20].
  • Faroese's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hrcqd[21].
  • Faroese's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph729648[22].
  • Faroese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Faroese language[23].
  • Faroese's Commons gallery is recorded as Faroese language[24].
  • Faroese's page banner is recorded as Torshavn banner 3.jpg[25].
  • Faroese's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300388293[26].
  • Faroese's language regulatory body is recorded as Faroese Language Board[27].

Why It Matters

Faroese ranks in the top 0.64% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,055 views/month, #36 of 5,611).[2] Faroese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Faroese is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . malrad.fo. malrad.fo. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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