Faroe Islands fact of the day

…the first monolingual Faroese-Faroese dictionary was only published in 1998, the first Bible in Faroese didn’t appear until 1961, and the language only won official status in the islands in 1948 with the introduction of the Home Rule Act.

That is from James Proctor, Faroe Islands.  Here is some Faroese on YouTube.  Here is a short (2:32) Faorese drama, with profanity in Faroese, subtitles too.

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