This subreddit is little more than my usual draw to arcanity, my love of language learning, and chance that I keep picking obscure island languages. Also the odd few posts asking about Faroese every month or so somewhere on reddit and then being immediately forgotten. So I decided to assemble all the resources I could find and make a community. The resources can be found on the wiki; feel free to add to it.

This is a good place to post anything á føroyskum/in Faroese really, whether it be discussion about the language (Does it really need 5 more foreign letters?), a primary source or something self composed (perhaps looking for correction), but it's also a fine place just to even announce that your interested in learning the language. Góða eydnu (Good luck) to anyone who decides to take it on.

Note: My own current Faroese is likely less than A1 even at best, so if there are any native speakers (regulars of /r/FaroeIslands, perhaps??) who would care to moderate don't hesitate to PM me. I'm aware this subreddit probably won't be too active in all its obscurity and with most things ending up over on /r/FaroeIslands, but maybe a few curious souls will be drawn into this whatever-it-is of a language.

No idea how good it is but it’s there

Personal background: I study computational linguistics/information systems and am doing a project on similarities between texts. I would like to include Faroese in the analysis, which would mean that I would need to learn Faroese. That's totally fine and is something I want to do anyways, but resources for English speakers wanting to learn Faroese are limited.

My plea: The duolingo (http://www.duolingo.com) community has wanted to see Faroese for English speakers added as a language track for a while now, but unfortunately, they have had some issues in terms of getting individuals fluent enough to help with the process.

I would really love it if anyone who speaks Faroese and is reading this would consider applying to help create a Faroese for English speakers track (http://incubator.duolingo.com/ - you apply on the Incubator).

I personally have no idea how it works from there, to be honest, but from my understanding you work on a volunteer basis at your own pace. I believe you are able to place the courses in without needing any programming experience, though.

It would really mean a lot to me personally and the duolingo community as a whole if some current Faroese speakers would consider helping to create this. If I can help in any way, please let me know.

I am currently in Prague and im really intrested in the Faroe islands, the language, culture and people. I thought, that t least for the culture and the people, it would be nice to talk to someone random from there. I want to somehow get familiar with some things out there and also just talk, cuz i’m communicative. I can talk in person, and via instagram, whatsapp and probably some more, but i’d prefer those. Thanks for attention.

I was searching on the Internet to find out more about Faroese, and I found out that I, as a Norwegian, could very much understand it. Many of the words sound just as Norwegian, like "ikki". In Norwegian, it's "ikkje", and West Norwegian are pronouncing it exactly the same (ˈɪʰtʃːə).

I also found out that Faroese must be even closer to Norwegian than Danish is. Danish pronunciation is so far away from Norwegian that it's almost impossible to understand.

My uncle had been on the Faroe Islands and he told me something in Faroese once that sounded almost as how he normally speaks.

A Norwegian sentence (even though the written language is quite different, the spoken is not):

«Hei, eg heiter Eiliv og kjem frá Noreg. Detta skriv eg pá norsk fyr á visa korleides dat sér ut. Synest dìd detta liknar færøysk? Mìd hev òg málføre som er enndá nærare færøysk.» (written with some alternative spellings from 1800)

Hey, eg lesi Føroyskt av tí tað er eitt sera vakurt tungumál. Eg veit tað mínir setningar eru ikki altið rættir men eg vil at skriva enn, og læra í Klaksvík næstatíð. Eg búði Føroyum til fýra mána. Lærdi eg sorgir sum deyðin mínir vinir og hvat brennimerki meinar við. Eg tørvi at hava nýggjar vinir sum at tosa um hvussu bleiv eg í Streymoynni. Kanska skjótt eg havi onnur framferð frá mínum heimi her til Føroya og standa glatt á heygginum við gotursktykkinum. Eg vil at bera fruktirnar appilsingular sum gávur bara fyri tit.

Hello~

I am editing a Faroese-learning text for a relatively new language resource company based in Japan that focuses on rare, dying, or under-represented languages. Faroese is a prime candidate because it is relatively unknown around the world. We have a text with simple Faroese expressions that just need checking to determine if they are accurate, spelled correctly, and make sense. I would greatly appreciate any help in this matter!

Takk!!

I'm having an assignment in school about Faroese and I'm looking for a or multiple jokes in Faroese. Would also be a plus if a translation could be provided as there doesn't seem to exist any translation service (eg google translate)

Hi,

I play chess online, and have been playing with someone from the Faroe Islands. I was wondering how to say "well played" and "good game" in Faroese.

I appreciate any help you might be able to offer.

Thabk you,

HB

My uncle gave me his stamp collection and I found this one from the Faroese Islands. I’m really curious about what piece of music this stamp shows if anyone knows, but I can’t read the writing other than ‘1846’ or find any information online other than what’s written here: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faroe_stamp_060_music_notes.jpg and something about it being a folk song to do with ‘farewell to winter’, but when I searched up this title the only song that came up was from 2015.

I'm sure everyone here's tired of people asking about Eivør songs, but I noticed today that in the version of Verð Mín that's on the album "At the Heart of a Selkie," there is a different second verse than the version on Slør. I've been listening to it and trying to get down a written version, but could use some help from a native speaker.

Slør version is:

"Undan fert tú eftir hæli

Bangin, stundar eftir sælu

Tøld eg fylgi tær

Verð hjá mær.

Nærkast hav og himmalrendur

Kveiktar skelva tínar hendur

Til tín komi inn

Nem við meg."

At the Heart of a Selkie version is:

"? tína tráur dreyma

? ? mínum streyma

? ? til ?

Heldur fast

Undan fert tú eftir hæli

Bangin, stundar eftir sælu

Tøld eg fylgi tær

Verð hjá mær."

I'm sorry for probably butchering whatever words I thought I could pick out from the first part of the verse in question.

Link to song (timestamped to start at the verse in question): https://youtu.be/hwSWcLRoy-U?t=152

Hi,

I don't see it here.

Shall we make tread where we will be adding some useful words or phrases BUT without basic level (there is enough materials to learn basics).

Also useful in real live situations, so not really words from old songs, stories ect.

Anybody up for it?

Hello my fellow language learners! I am the owner of a polyglot Discord server with a fantastic community that would love to have you. We help each other learn different languages. I hope you'll enjoy your time there! Any level of language learner is welcome. Join here: https://discord.gg/ECEgpX7

Its just something that is surprising to me. I might be wrong but doesnt the name originally mean Thor's haven, so the port/harbour or haven of god Thor? Wouldnt the s be a morpheme of Thor and the h be the starting morpheme of haven? But its pronounced fluidly as sh [ʂ].

This server has been posted about on here before but it's come to my attention that people are struggling to find the server nowadays, so I'd like to tell everyone about it again. It's a server for people who wanna learn or talk about Faroese. It's had two owners before me, the first one was an Icelander.

Leinki: https://discord.gg/TKpvf2f

If anyone wants to have a place on Discord to learn about Faroese or Faroese linguistics, then consider joining. I hope to see you there :)