It is thought that in Europe alone, up to 21 languages are thought to be at risk of digital extinction, and it is predicted to get worse. As technology advances, and the digital realm extends ...

Experts say social media and AI are eroding the protections of language, geography and trust that long kept the island insulated ...

3. Iceland Percentage of English-Speaking Population: 98% Icelandic serves as Iceland’s official language; however, the majority of its population is proficient in English.

Since Iceland was first settled in 874, only about one million people have ever spoken the Icelandic language.

Icelandic was introduced to Google Translate in 2009, earlier than many other more widely spoken languages as a Reykjavík-born employee at the tech company wanted his mother tongue included as ...

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.

Iceland's president is launching a campaign to encourage tech companies to keep language preservation in mind when developing new applications. He came to Seattle with a prototype device to fix ...

To counter the dominance of English in technology and media, Iceland is teaching apps and devices to speak its native language.

Full list of Europe's 52 'severely endangered' languages - one has just 20 speakers A 'severely endangered' language is classified as only spoken by older generations and in danger of disappearing ...

Founded in 1892, the Viking Society for Northern Research is the world’s leading scholarly organization dedicated to the study of medieval Scandinavia and the wider Viking world. The Society seeks to ...

REYKJAVIK — 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 ...