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'''Icelandic''' is the official language of [[Iceland]]. It is one of the most well-preserved languages in the world. The alphabet contains letters not found in the English alphabet, such as æ, ð and þ.
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'''Icelandic''' (''Islenska'') is the official language of [[Iceland]]. It is one of the most well-preserved languages in the world. The alphabet contains letters not found in the English alphabet, such as æ, ð and þ.
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[[Category: Languages]]
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Of all the North [[Germanic languages]], Icelandic is the closest to [[Old Norse]], along with [[Faeroese language|Faeroese]]. A speaker of modern Icelandic can easily read and understand the Old Norse sagas with little diffculty.
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[[Category:Germanic languages]]
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