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  2. Icelandic phonology - Wikipedia

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    Unlike many languages, Icelandic has only very minor dialectal differences in sounds. The language has both monophthongs and diphthongs, and many consonants can be voiced or unvoiced. Icelandic has an aspiration contrast between plosives, rather than a voicing contrast, similar to Faroese, Danish and Standard Mandarin. Preaspirated voiceless ...

  3. Flámæli - Wikipedia

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    Slanted speech (Icelandic: Flámæli (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈflauːmailɪ]; also flámælgi and flámælska) was a sound change which was widespread in the first half of the 20th century in Iceland, especially in the West and South. [1]

  4. Icelandic orthography - Wikipedia

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    Icelandic orthography uses a Latin-script alphabet which has 32 letters. Compared with the 26 letters of English, the Icelandic alphabet lacks C, Q, W and Z, but additionally has Ð, Þ, Æ and Ö. Compared with the 26 letters of English, the Icelandic alphabet lacks C, Q, W and Z, but additionally has Ð, Þ, Æ and Ö.

  5. Icelandic language - Wikipedia

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    Icelandic is an Indo-European language and belongs to the North Germanic group of the Germanic languages. Icelandic is further classified as a West Scandinavian language. [8] Icelandic is derived from an earlier language Old Norse, which later became Old Icelandic and currently Modern Icelandic. The division between old and modern Icelandic is ...

  6. Thorn (letter) - Wikipedia

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    This sound was regularly realised in Old English as the voiced fricative [ð] between voiced sounds, but either letter could be used to write it; the modern use of [ð] in phonetic alphabets is not the same as the Old English orthographic use. A thorn with the ascender crossed was a popular abbreviation for the word that.

  7. Eth - Wikipedia

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    A sample of Icelandic handwriting with some instances of lowercase ð clearly visible: in the words Borðum, við and niður. Also visible is a thorn in the word því . In Icelandic, ð , called "eð", represents an alveolar non-sibilant fricative, voiced [ ð̠ ] intervocalically and word-finally, and voiceless [ θ̠ ] otherwise, which form ...

  8. 6 Places To Travel That Are Like Iceland but Way Cheaper - AOL

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    Visiting Iceland is on many people's bucket lists. Its stunning landscapes feature 32 active volcanoes, countless fjords and glaciers and numerous naturally formed geothermal spas. Add the ...

  9. Æ - Wikipedia

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    Æ in Helvetica and Bodoni Æ alone and in context. Æ (lowercase: æ) is a character formed from the letters a and e, originally a ligature representing the Latin diphthong ae.It has been promoted to the status of a letter in some languages, including Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese.