Icelandic Language Institute
Encyclopedia
The Icelandic Language Institute (Íslensk málstöð), founded in 1985, was responsible for the planning and preservation of the Icelandic language
. The Icelandic Language Institute was a department within the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Iceland
, and its role was to officially answer questions regarding characteristics of the Icelandic Language, as well as to provide benchmarks and guidelines for educators of Icelandic.
Starting in 1997, The Icelandic Language Institute created a database on the internet, which contained 52 special glossaries complied for use in specific areas of focus. While all of these glossaries contain Icelandic words, some are bilingual, including terms taken from English
, Danish
, Norwegian
, Swedish
, German
and French
, among other languages.
In September 2006, The Icelandic Language Institute was merged with four other institutes to form the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
.
Icelandic language
Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
. The Icelandic Language Institute was a department within the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
, and its role was to officially answer questions regarding characteristics of the Icelandic Language, as well as to provide benchmarks and guidelines for educators of Icelandic.
Starting in 1997, The Icelandic Language Institute created a database on the internet, which contained 52 special glossaries complied for use in specific areas of focus. While all of these glossaries contain Icelandic words, some are bilingual, including terms taken from English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
, Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
, Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, among other languages.
In September 2006, The Icelandic Language Institute was merged with four other institutes to form the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies is an institute of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Iceland which conducts research in Icelandic and related academic studies, in particular the Icelandic language and Icelandic literature, to disseminate knowledge in those areas,...
.
External links
The Icelandic Language Institute Webpage- The Icelandic Language Institute from randburg.com