Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir - Forsætisráðherra

[justinbois1993]

Jóhanna hamingjuóskir!

[TeKenguri]

Well is islandi's  language,its not easy same say it is like norvegian.Any similarity with danish or swedish.

Anyway I love my language , albanian .

[fenriz218]

I heard that, when Norwegians get really, really drunk, they begin to sound like Icelanders ...

But I like those folks! In my mind, they only have one major fault: their taste for spoiled food, particularly fish, and eating stuff that is considered poisonous in the rest of the world ...

[SarahLee1]

Icelandic is a sick language. Must learn!

[Ichliebemusikundybd]

@SarahLee1 I agree, can anyone provide me any websites to learn Icelandic on for free?

[SarahLee1]

Icelandic is a sick language. Must learn!

[hansraaket]

98 & of the icelandic population are Norwegian descendants. Icelandic is Norwegian developed differently from Norwegian bokmål and Norwegian nynorsk.

[olfrygt2007]

i thought It is the other way around because Icelandic is much more similar to the old norsk roots of the skandinavian languages.

[Ferrariman601]

@olfrygt2007 I'd absolutely agree. Icelandic developed pretty much in isolation since the 850's A.D., so it changed the least among the Old Norse languages. Icelandic actually shares many similarities with Old English, and this is probably the closest we'll ever get to hearing what Old English sounded like.

[hansraaket]

This is the old Norwegian language. 98 % of the icelandic population are descendants from Norwegians, and icelandic is Norwegian that has developed itself differently from Norwegian bokmål and Norwegian nynorsk.

[Coronach92]

I know its a nordic language, but (for me) it doesnt sound similar to norwegian or danish or swedish. anyone know any similar words between icelandic and norwegian ?

[norwegus]

Yes, the first thing the prime minister says is quite similar to the Norwegian sentence "Takkar for det" - which is the nynorsk form of Norwegian. In English that means " Thank you for that".

I do also recognize some words that are 100 % like the Norwegian ones, but I do not understand the context.

[lascowiec14]

old norse is very similar to icelandic

[TimmYayhooray]

A lot.

[denWere]

wish i understood that thing

[kriss4176]

Actually... I am Norwegian, and i can understand alot of that :P

[closetbug]

I'm Swedish and I thought I would understand this more, but I'm like ?????? Certain words are similar, but damn it's not possible for me to understand this! Haha.

[deusAtheismus]

Sounds like a mix between finnish and spanish.

[ivarercool]

finnish and spanish? that dosnt sound right

[ichbineinfreidenker]

icelandic sounds a lot like castilian spanish.

[ichbineinfreidenker]

icelandic sounds a lot like castilian spanish.

[badseed136]

They both have the SSSSSSSS thing, but when you hear an Icelander speak english, it clearly sounds like a nordic accent, similar to norwegians, and when you hear a spaniard speak english, it sounds like a mexican accent.

[ichbineinfreidenker]

icelandic sounds a lot like castilian spanish.

[naboorusunny]

love that language !!!!! really ! so beautiful

[ferretmanboy]

I agree

[koshkatto]

@naboorusunny yess but i'm in mexico and is impossible find some place to learn it... internet is the only option :(