ICELANDIC language Icelandic is the official language of Iceland. Is part of the Northern Germanic languages and its originated from Old Norse. Old Norse is the language that vikings used to speak. It’s mother of modern Scandinavian languages as Icelandic, Faroese, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian. Old West Norse started to separate into Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian during the end of the Viking era, around the year 1000, as a result of a buildup of tiny changes. Nowadays, Icelandic is the most similar language to Old Norse, with almost no changes. Because of isolation Icelandic didn’t have much influence or changes from other languages.
Icelandic alphabet and pronunciation
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