Religions and languages in Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands have two official state languages, which are Danish and Faroese. The study of the Danish language was a prerequisite to get an autonomy granted by the Danish kingdom for its overseas territory. Danish is taught in schools. It is also used in conducting business correspondence, official publications, by media outlets and in compilation of official documentation. Faroese is the native language of the local population. At the legislative level in Denmark, it is recognized as the language of national minorities, although it is spoken by almost 99% of the local population on the territory of the archipelago. Linguistic scholars from all over the world distinguish the Faroese language from many other national linguistic units, as a full-fledged language structure that is not threatened with extinction in the next hundred years. This is regardless of the fact that only the inhabitants of the Faroe Islands speak this language.
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That notwithstanding, of course there is still a certain imprint of paganism on the islands. For example, on some islands, people still believe in the existence of elves, gnomes and other mythological creatures that were considered real in paganism. The religion of Christianity on the Faroese is not developed and even people who consider themselves believers rarely go to churches and temples, despite the fact that there are a lot of ancient Christian shrines left on the islands. The remaining 6% of the local population of the country either consider themselves atheists and do not believe in the existence of higher powers, or are adherents of other religious confessions, particularly Judaism and Islam. However, their number in the state is insignificant.
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