Icelandic

Summary

Icelandic is a natural language^[1]. Icelandic ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,129 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Icelandic is in the country of Iceland^[3].
• Icelandic is in the country of Denmark^[4].
• Icelandic's instance of is recorded as natural language^[5].
• Icelandic's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Icelandic followed Old Icelandic^[7].
• Icelandic is a type of West Scandinavian^[8].
• Icelandic is a type of North Germanic^[9].
• Icelandic's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[10].
• Icelandic's writing system is recorded as Icelandic alphabet^[11].
• Icelandic's writing system is recorded as Icelandic Braille^[12].
• Icelandic's Commons category is recorded as Icelandic language^[13].
• Icelandic's Wikimedia language code is recorded as is^[14].
• Icelandic's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 65, 'lon': -19}^[15].
• Icelandic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Icelandic language^[16].
• Icelandic's language regulatory body is recorded as Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies^[17].
• Icelandic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+321040'}^[18].
• Icelandic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+358000'}^[19].
• Icelandic's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q133822602^[20].
• Icelandic's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Icelandic's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Icelandic's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia^[23].
• Icelandic's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[24].
• Icelandic's topic has template is recorded as Template:Icelandic language^[25].
• Icelandic's has characteristic is recorded as agreement^[26].
• Icelandic's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'is', 'text': 'Íslenska'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[5] and modern language^[6]. Recorded subclass of include West Scandinavian^[8] and North Germanic^[9].

Why It Matters

Icelandic ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,129 views/month).^[2] Icelandic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Icelandic is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]