The Icelandic language

• around  people speak it
• its  continues to expand

• it has altered very little over roughly a thousand years

• it has separate terms for digital ideas, including web browser and 

Young speakers

• make extensive use of devices such as 
• are rapidly becoming 
• sometimes hold conversations entirely in English in the school 
• can describe what appears in a  more easily in English than in Icelandic

Technology and internet companies

• provide limited Icelandic content because the market is small and the language's  is highly complex

The Icelandic government

• has created a fund to increase the amount of Icelandic digital material

• expects the language to remain secure

• fears that young people could lose their Icelandic 
• is concerned that children may not become  in either Icelandic or English