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"Icelandic is spoken today by barely 340,000 people" The population of Iceland is 334,252.
by elliottkember 9y ago
"Icelandic is spoken today by barely 340,000 people"
The population of Iceland is 334,252.
- dsr_ 9y agoSeems reasonable that there could be 6000 or so Icelandic speakers outside Iceland.
- astrodust 9y agoMany live and work abroad, plus there's several pockets of Icelanders in various countries, like one notable group in Western Canada as you'd see in places like Gimli, Manitoba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli,_Manitoba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli,_Manitoba It's not clear how many still speak Icelandic, but there's heritage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Canadians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Canadians
- ocschwar 9y agoPlus 5000 or so scholars around the world specializing in the Norse sagas.
- ptaipale 9y agoThere are certainly many more than that ordinary Icelanders living in other countries, and they still know the language. (I'd guess it's tens of thousands).