WebIcelandic (/ aɪ s ˈ l æ n d ɪ k / (); Icelandic: íslenska pronounced [ˈis.tl̥ɛn.ska] ()) is a North Germanic language spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. As a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese, extinct Norn, and western Norwegian dialects.. The language …

WebThe króna [ˈkʰrouːna] or krona (sometimes called Icelandic crown; sign: kr; code: ISK) is the currency of Iceland. Iceland is the second-smallest country by population, after the Seychelles, to have its own currency and monetary policy. Name. Like the Nordic currencies (such as the Danish krone, Swedish krona and Norwegian ...

WebThe sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are one genre of Icelandic sagas.They are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries, during the so-called Saga Age.

WebAttestation. Very little is known about the Vandalic language other than various phrases and a small number of personal names of Vandalic origin, mainly known from documents and personal names in Spanish.The regional name Andalusia is traditionally believed to have derived from Vandalic, although this claim is contested.When the Moors invaded …

WebCSI: Crime Scene Investigation er bandarískur sjónvarpsþáttur og fylgir eftir réttarrannsóknarmönnum í Las Vegas og rannsóknum þeirra á mismunandi glæpum og morðmálum.. Viðtökurnar við þættinum hafa verið mjög góðar og hefur þátturinn verið sá vinsælasti á CBS-sjónvarpstöðinni, þó að þátturinn hafi oft verið gagnrýndur fyrir að sýna …

WebThe charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Icelandic language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.See Icelandic phonology and Icelandic orthography § …

WebThe Icelandic is the Icelandic breed of domestic sheep.It belongs to the Northern European Short-tailed group of sheep, and is larger than most breeds in that group. It is thought that it was introduced to Iceland by Vikings in the late ninth or early tenth century.: 826 It is generally short-legged and stocky, slender and light-boned, and usually horned, although …

WebIcelandic Airlines Flight 001 was a Loftleiðir flight number, even though the company had merged with Flugfélag Íslands at that time. In popular culture. Alfred Eliasson & Loftleiðir Icelandic is a 2009 documentary film from Iceland, which tells the story of the airline and one of its founders, narrated in Icelandic by Arnar Jónsson.

WebAn IETF BCP 47 language tag is a standardized code or tag that is used to identify human languages in the Internet.The tag structure has been standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in Best Current Practice (BCP) 47; the subtags are maintained by the IANA Language Subtag Registry.. To distinguish language variants …

WebHumanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings.It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humanism" has changed according to the successive intellectual movements that have identified with it.