Vowels
a as in far
á as in father
e as in red
é as in said
i short, as in pit
í long, as in eat
ǫ as in hot
o as in oat
ó as in rode
ø as 'e' in her
ö as 'e' in her
u as in root
ú as in rude
y as in rue
ý as in feuille
Diphthongs
aa as in awe
au as in owl
æ as in mad
ei as in rain
œ as in slur
ey ON e + y (red rue)
Consonants
b as in buy
bb the same sound, lengthened
c as in keep
d as in day
dd the same sound, lengthened
ð as in this
f (1) as in far
f (2) as in very
ff as in far, lengthened
g (1) as in goal
g (2) as in loch
g (3) as in loch, but voiced
gg (1) as in goal, lengthened
gg (2) as in loch
h as in have
j as in year
k as in call
kk the same sound, lengthened
l as in leaf
ll the same sound, lengthened
m as in home
mm the same sound, lengthened
n (1) as in sin
n (2) as in sing
nn as in sin, lengthened
p as in happy
pp the same sound, lengthened
r rolled
rr the same sound, lengthened
s as in this
ss the same sound, lengthened
t as in boat
tt the same sound, lengthened
v as in win
þ as in thin
x as in lochs
z as in bits
Numbers
1 einn
2 tveir
3 þrír
4 fjórir
5 fimm
6 sex
7 sjau
8 átta
9 níu
10 tíu
11 ellifu
12 tólf
13 þrettán
14 fjórtán
15 fimtán
16 sextán
17 sjaután
18 átján
19 nítján
20 tuttugu
21 tuttugu ok einn ¦ ein ok tuttugu
22 tuttugu ok tveir ¦ tveir ok tuttugu
23 tuttugu ok tveir ¦ tveir ok tuttugu
24 tuttugu ok fjórir ¦ fjórir ok tuttugu
25 tuttugu ok fimm ¦ fimm ok tuttugu
26 tuttugu ok sex ¦ sex ok tuttugu
27 tuttugu ok sjau ¦ sjau ok tuttugu
28 tuttugu ok átta ¦ átta ok tuttugu
29 tuttugu ok níu ¦ níu ok tuttugu
30 þrír tigir
40 fjórir tigir
50 fimmtigi
60 sex tigir
70 sjautigi
80 áttatigi
90 níu tigir
100 hundrað
1,000 þusund