Two centuries ago experts predicted that Icelandic would be a dead language by now. But the doomsayers can eat their words: Icelandic is alive and kicking despite an onslaught of English brought on by ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — When an Icelander arrives at an office building and sees “Solarfri” posted, he or she needs no further explanation for the empty premises: The word means “when staff get an ...

Iceland's mother tongue has a major tech problem. Many new computer devices do not understand Icelandic, a unique descendant of the Old Norse language filled with ultra-descriptive words such as ...

Although an Icelandic version of "Dracula" was published in 1900, English-speaking researchers did not discover until the 2010s that it was drastically different from Bram Stoker's original novel and ...

Reykjavik (AFP) – In Iceland's parliament, six cleaners take a break from their duties to spend time learning Icelandic, seen as one of the principal barriers to integration in the country. Of the ...