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#Germany has for centuries been a conglomerate of many tribes. The neighbour tribe of Alemannen gave the #French name Allemagne.
#Polish name #Niemcy comes from *němьcь - speechless - since German is not mutually intelligible with #Slavic languages.
#Faroese word for #Germany is #Týskland. It derives from Old High German work #diutisc (of or pertaining to the people or tribe). In #OldNorse it became þýðskr/þjóðskr and later formed #Tyskland in Scandinavian languages.
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#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2
There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO
These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.
#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова -
#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2
There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO
These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.
#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова -
#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2
There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO
These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.
#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова -
#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2
There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO
These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.
#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова -
#StartHereSocial Fun Fact #2
There are 15 servers listed that support a language classified as Vulnerable or Endangered by UNESCO
These spaces promote digital language equity and help safeguard cultural heritage, enabling communities to connect and express themselves in their own languages online.
#Brezhoneg
#Català
#Cymraeg
#Euskara
#Føroyskt
#Gaeilge
#Galo
#Gàidhlig
#Lëtzebuergesch
#Lombard
#Stellingwerfs
#Sámi
#TeReMāori
#беларускаямова -
#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.
#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".
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#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.
#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".
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#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.
#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".
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#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.
#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".
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#1N5817 Schottky Barrier Rectifying #Diode is one of many #semiconductors powering modern #technology.
#Faroese word for it is #hálvleiðari (#hálv - half-way + #leiðari - conductor), while #electrode is called #kleiv - a word that originally meant a "narrow cleft".
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While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...
The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).
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While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...
The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).
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While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...
The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).
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While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...
The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).
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While most European #languages have quite a similar word for #mathematics, #Faroese just has to be an exception with the word #støddfrøði 🙂 Together with #Icelandic #stærðfræði...
The noun comes from the words #stødd (quantity, dimensions) and #frøði (science, -ology).
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The #Faroese word for #ivy is #viðbendil. It literally means something that bends and twists (#benda) towards (#við) / in a certain direction
While #Hedera helix is not found naturally on the #FaroeIslands, it can be bought at local garden centres
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The #Faroese word for leaf is #leyv.
#Deciduous #trees are quite numerous on the islands. In 1979, 6000 small #Nothofagus plants were transferred from Tierra del Fuego to #FaroeIslands, making it the biggest population in Europe.
Another word for leaf is #blað. This one is an interesting one as it also means #sheet, #page, #newspaper, deck of playing cards and (kniie) blade. All of these quite thin and long, somehow resembling the shape of the #leaf...
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Many #Faroese #neologisms reuse existing words. The word “#fløga” is not an exception. With its original meaning being the layer on a stack (of hay) and thick slice (of bread) it now also means the compact disc (#CD). The thick layer of data, perhaps?
Pictured is the debut album of the folk-metal band #Hamradun released in 2015. #Music CD would be called #ljómfløga in Faroese.
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The Faroese native #Angelica archangelica (#hvonn) was gathered in the wild and cultivated in gardens. It was served as a dessert, with cream or thick sour milk.
Crops such as #potatoes, #turnips and other roots were only grown in the small patches of cultivated soil. Wild plants have therefore been of some importance for the #Faroese people.
The village of #Hvannasund took its name from the plant - it's "the sound of angelicas".
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#Porkeri (pop. 317) is a #Faroese village on #Suðuroy.
Its name almost certainly derives from #purka - meaning #sow. There's a bit of speculation as to the word’s ending, believed to be a shortened version of #gerði (fenced-in plot of land / enclosure). If correct, #swine would have once been bred here.
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#Kollafjørður (pop. 828) is #FaroeIslands #longest settlement. It stretches in a 7 km long strip along the fjord and lies at the foot of the #Dyllan mountain.
The rounded shape of the mountain gave the town its name (known since 1350-1400) - #kollur is #Faroese for “round top”.
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They are built strong, they hum and they are hairy. #humla is #Faroese for #bumblebee.
The first bumblebee was caught in the #FaroeIslands in 1887. Bumblebee has breed in the Faroes in the past, especially in the Viking Age, when the climate was warmer then now.
#Jarðarhumla / Buff-tailed #bumblebee / Bombus terrestris (seen on the photo) has been first recorded in #Tvøroyri in May 2017.
-- Find out more at https://jenskjeld.info/UK_side/bumblebee.html
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The #Faroese #WordOfTheYear 2023 is #vitlíki - artificial intelligence. It comes from words #vit (intelligence, brains) and #líki (equal, like).
Listeners of the ‘Góðan morgun #Føroyar morning radio programme have been sending in their nominations for their favourite new Faroese word. The judging panel, representing Faroese language and media institutions, settled on ‘#vitlíki’ as their word of the year 2023.
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