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Part 4
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Questions 31-40

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The impact of digital technology on the Icelandic language

The Icelandic language

  • has approximately 31 speakers

  • has a 32 that is still growing

  • has not changed a lot over the last thousand years

  • has its own words for computer-based concepts, such as web browser and 33

Young speakers

  • are big users of digital technology, such as 34

  • are becoming 35 very quickly

  • are having discussions using only English while they are in the 36 at school

  • are better able to identify the content of a 37 in English than Icelandic

Technology and internet companies

  • write very little in Icelandic because of the small number of speakers and because of how complicated its 38 is

The Icelandic government

  • has set up a fund to support the production of more digital content in the language

  • believes that Icelandic has a secure future

  • is worried that young Icelanders may lose their 39 as Icelanders

  • is worried about the consequences of children not being 40 in either Icelandic or English

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