Icelandic language

Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. It is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the colonisation of the Americas. Icelandic, Faroese, Norn, and Norwegian formerly constituted West Nordic; Danish and Swedish constituted East Nordic. The Nordic languages are now divided into Insular Nordic and mainland Scandinavian languages, as Norwegian Bokmål became influenced by the latter two languages.