Icelandic language — Icelandic íslenska Pronunciation [is(t)lɛnska] Spoken in Iceland, Denmark,[citation need … Wikipedia
History of the Icelandic language — The history of the Icelandic language began in the 9th century with the settlement of Iceland when settlers, who mostly came from Norway, brought a dialect of Old Norse to the island.The oldest preserved texts in Icelandic were written around… … Wikipedia
Icelandic name — A simple family tree showing the Icelandic patronymic naming system. Icelandic names differ from most current Western family name systems by being patronymic (occasionally matronymic) in that they reflect the immediate father (or mother) of the… … Wikipedia
Icelandic Naming Committee — The Icelandic Naming Committee (Icelandic: Mannanafnanefnd)[1] is a body established in 1991[1] that governs the introduction of new given names to the culture of Iceland: it determines whether a name that has not been used in the country before… … Wikipedia
Icelandic literature — Introduction body of writings in Icelandic, including those from Old Icelandic (also called Old Norse) through Modern Icelandic. Icelandic literature is best known for the richness of its classical period, which is equivalent in time… … Universalium
Icelandic cuisine — A fisherman s hut in Reykjavík in 1835 with fish hung outside for drying. Wind dried fish remains popular in Iceland Important parts of Icelandic cuisine are lamb, dairy, and fish, due to Iceland s proximity to the ocean. Popular foods in Iceland … Wikipedia
Icelandic króna — ISK redirects here. For the currency of the Eve Online video game, see Gameplay of Eve Online#Economy. Icelandic króna íslensk króna (Icelandic) … Wikipedia
language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… … Universalium
Linguistic purism in Icelandic — is the sociolinguistic phenomenon of linguistic purism in the Icelandic language. Its aim is to substitute loanwords with the creation of new words from Old Icelandic and Old Norse roots and prevent new loanwords entering the language. In Iceland … Wikipedia
History of Icelandic — A page from the Landnámabók The history of the Icelandic language began in the 9th century with the settlement of Iceland, mostly by Norwegians, brought a dialect of Old Norse to the island. The oldest preserved texts in Icelandic were written… … Wikipedia
