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The Faroese or Faroe Islanders (Føroyingar) are a Germanic ethnic group native to the Faeroe Islands. The Faroese are of mixed Norse and Gaelic origins.About 21000 Faroese live in neighbouring countries particularly in Denmark Iceland and Norway. Most Faroese are Danish citizens.The Faroese language is a West Scandinavian language closely related to Icelandic and more distantly to western Norwegian dialects.

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language
Danish language, Faroese language, Germanic languages, Norwegian language, Swedish language, Icelandic language
population place
Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Faroe Islands
related
Celts, Germanic peoples, Shetland, Danes, Norwegians, Icelanders, Irish people, Scottish people, Germans, Orcadians, Swedes
religion
Norse religion, Lutheranism, Celtic Christianity, Catholicism
total population
80000

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