Faroese orthography, the Glossary
Faroese orthography is the method employed to write the Faroese language, using a 29-letter Latin alphabet, although it does not include the letters C, Q, W, X and Z.[1]
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52 relations: A, Alphabet, Á, Æ, Í, Ó, Ø, Ú, Ý, B, C, D, Danish orthography, Denmark–Norway, E, Eth, F, Faroese Braille, Faroese language, G, Grapheme, H, I, Icelandic orthography, International Phonetic Alphabet, J, K, L, Latin script, Letter case, List of Latin-script digraphs, Ll, M, N, Norwegian orthography, O, Odin, P, Participle, Q, R, S, Saksun, Semivowel, T, U, V, Vowel hiatus, W, X, ... Expand index (2 more) »
- Faroese language
- Indo-European Latin-script orthographies
A
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide.
Alphabet
An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language.
See Faroese orthography and Alphabet
Á
Á, á (a-acute) is a letter of the Chinese (Pinyin), Blackfoot, Czech, Dutch, Faroese, Filipino, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Karakalpak, Lakota, Navajo, Occitan, Portuguese, Sámi, Slovak, Spanish, Vietnamese, Welsh and Western Apache languages as a variant of the letter a.
Æ
Æ (lowercase: æ) is a character formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae. Faroese orthography and Æ are Faroese language.
Í
Í, í (i-acute) is a letter in the Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Karakalpak, Czech, and Slovak languages, where it often indicates a long /i/ vowel (ee in English word feel).
Ó
Ó, ó (o-acute) is a letter in the Czech, Emilian-Romagnol, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kashubian, Polish, Slovak, Karakalpak, and Sorbian languages.
Ø
Ø (or minuscule: ø) is a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Southern Sámi languages. Faroese orthography and Ø are Faroese language.
Ú
Ú, ú (u-acute) is a Latin letter used in the Czech, Faroese, Hungarian, Icelandic, Karakalpak and Slovak writing systems.
Ý
Ý (ý) is a letter of the Czech, Icelandic, Faroese, the Slovak, and Turkmen alphabets, as well being used in romanisations of Russian.
B
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
C
C, or c, is the third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
D
D, or d, is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Danish orthography
Danish orthography is the system and norms used for writing the Danish language, including spelling and punctuation. Faroese orthography and Danish orthography are indo-European Latin-script orthographies.
See Faroese orthography and Danish orthography
Denmark–Norway
Denmark–Norway (Danish and Norwegian: Danmark–Norge) is a term for the 16th-to-19th-century multi-national and multi-lingual real unionFeldbæk 1998:11 consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including the then Norwegian overseas possessions: the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and other possessions), the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Duchy of Holstein.
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E
E, or e, is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Eth
Eth (uppercase: Ð, lowercase: ð; also spelled edh or eð), known as ðæt in Old English, is a letter used in Old English, Middle English, Icelandic, Faroese (in which it is called edd), and Elfdalian. Faroese orthography and Eth are Faroese language.
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F
F, or f, is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Faroese Braille
Faroese Braille is the braille alphabet of the Faroese language. Faroese orthography and Faroese Braille are Faroese language.
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Faroese language
Faroese is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of which 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere.
See Faroese orthography and Faroese language
G
G, or g, is the seventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide.
Grapheme
In linguistics, a grapheme is the smallest functional unit of a writing system.
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H
H, or h, is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, including the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
I
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Icelandic orthography
Icelandic orthography uses a Latin-script alphabet which has 32 letters. Faroese orthography and Icelandic orthography are indo-European Latin-script orthographies.
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International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.
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J
J, or j, is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
K
K, or k, is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
L
L, or l, is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Latin script
The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia.
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Letter case
Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally majuscule) and smaller lowercase (or more formally minuscule) in the written representation of certain languages.
See Faroese orthography and Letter case
List of Latin-script digraphs
This is a list of digraphs used in various Latin alphabets.
See Faroese orthography and List of Latin-script digraphs
Ll
Ll/ll is a digraph that occurs in several languages.
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M
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
N
N, or n, is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide.
Norwegian orthography
Norwegian orthography is the method of writing the Norwegian language, of which there are two written standards: Bokmål and Nynorsk. Faroese orthography and Norwegian orthography are indo-European Latin-script orthographies.
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O
O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Odin
Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.
See Faroese orthography and Odin
P
P, or p, is the sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Participle
In linguistics, a participle (abbr.) is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives.
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Q
Q, or q, is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
R
R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
S
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Saksun
Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.
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Semivowel
In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel, glide or semiconsonant is a sound that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary, rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.
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T
T, or t, is the twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
U
U, or u, is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
V
V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Vowel hiatus
In phonology, hiatus or diaeresis (also spelled dieresis or diæresis) describes the occurrence of two separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables with no intervening consonant.
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W
W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
X
X, or x, is the twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Y
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.
Z
Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet.
See also
Faroese language
- Æ
- Ø
- Eth
- Faroese Braille
- Faroese Language Board
- Faroese grammar
- Faroese language
- Faroese language conflict
- Faroese orthography
- Faroese phonology
- Gøtudanskt accent
- Jákup Dahl
- Languages of the Faroe Islands
- Nj (digraph)
- Samuel Jacob Sesanus Olsen
- Stýrivolt
- Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
Indo-European Latin-script orthographies
- Catalan orthography
- Classical Milanese orthography
- Czech orthography
- Danish orthography
- Dutch orthography
- English orthography
- Faroese orthography
- French orthography
- German orthography
- Icelandic orthography
- Irish orthography
- Italian orthography
- Latin phonology and orthography
- Latvian orthography
- Limba Sarda Comuna
- Lists of spelling-to-sound correspondences in Catalan
- Lithuanian orthography
- McConnell–Laubach orthography
- Mistralian norm
- Norwegian orthography
- Papiamento orthography
- Polish orthography
- Portuguese orthography
- Scottish Gaelic orthography
- Sicilian orthography
- Silesian orthography
- Slovak orthography
- Spanish orthography
- Sranan Tongo phonology and orthography
- Swedish orthography
- Welsh orthography
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_orthography
Also known as Faroese alphabet.