Today is Icelandic Language Day, or dagur íslenskrar tungu
It is a time when people focus on the language itself of course, which is a major part of the country's culture.
The date was chosen as the birthday of the famous Icelandic poet: Jónas Hallgrímsson.
A few extra useful details:
The Icelandic language is considered unique because of its linguistic purity—something that isn’t found in other languages. Linguistic purity means a lexicon excludes foreign words and phrases from a country’s dominant language. The words borrowed from other cultures are called loanwords. For example, the English language is Germanic in origin, but as it has evolved, English began to incorporate loanwords from other cultures to name or describe things. An example of loanwords in English would be word “guitar” it comes from the Spanish “guitarra” or “artisan” from the Italian word “artigiano”.Another reason why the Icelandic language is so different is because there are almost no dialectical differences within the language. Every word in the Icelandic vocabulary is pronounced nearly the same no matter where a person is from in the country.
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