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Faroese orthography is the method employed to write the Faroese language, using a 29-letter Latin alphabet. ==Alphabet== The Faroese alphabet consists of 29 letters derived from the Latin script: *Eth (Faroese ''edd'') never appears at the beginning of a word, which means its majuscule form, rarely occurs except in situations where all-capital letters are used, such as on maps. * can also be written in poetic language, such as ''Föroyar'' ('the Faroes'). This has to do with different orthographic traditions (Norwegian-Danish for and Swedish-Icelandic for . Originally, both forms were used, depending on the historical form of the word; was used when the vowel resulted from I-mutation of while was used when the vowel resulted from U-mutation of . In handwriting, is sometimes used. *While , , , , and are not found in the Faroese language, was known in earlier versions of Hammershaimb's orthography, such as for Saksun. *While the Faroese keyboard layout allows one to write in Latin, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, etc., the Old Norse and Modern Icelandic letter is missing. In related Faroese words, it is written as either or . If an Icelandic name has to be transcribed, is common. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faroese orthography」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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