Originally posted by GigaShadow
I was going to say that fastson! LOL
You can\'t understand someone from Iceland? I thought they were of Scandinavian decent? I thought the languages were very similiar... shows how much I know. :rolleyes:
Maybe I can understand a few words here and there that we share.
Icelandic is what we spoke over here (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) 800-1200 years ago or something. Our languages have evolved from old Norse (similar to Icelandic) to what we speak in Scandinavia today (I can understand Danish and Norwegian because they have evolved with my language, but not Icelandic which has stood still).
I guess it has to do with isolation.. We have been inspired by German, English, French and so on while the small population in Iceland has kept their language "clean". Sweden had a huge immigration wave from Germany, and French speaking parts during 1200-1700.
NoOne, fell free to correct me if Im wrong.
Anyway Icelandic is a beautiful language, I\'d love to learn it. I know a guy who studies it right now, he says its harder then I might think.

Example of “runsvenska”, what we spoke from 800-1225.
Original textraiþ þiaurikR hin þurmuþi stiliR flutna strãntu hraiþmaraR
sitiR nu karuR ã kuta sinum skialti ub fatlaþR skati marika
Translated (modern swedish)Då rådde Teoderik, den djärve, sjökrigares konung, över Hreidhavets strand.
Han sitter nu rustad, på sin gotiska häst, omgjordad med skjöld, främst av Märingar.