1. Icelandic includes some neat-looking letters There are 32 letters in Icelandic. It’s the English alphabet including the letters á, æ, ð, é, í, ó, ö, þ, ú, and ý, and excluding the letters c, q, w, and z. 2. Icelandic hasn’t changed much Icelanders like to boast that they can still read their old Sagas from the 12th century. But, it is indeed more comfortable to study Grettir’s Saga in Old Norse than it is to learn Beowulf in Old English. 3. Non-Icelanders can’t say the word Eyjafjallajökull As you may have seen when Eyjafjallajökull exploded in 2010, the Icelandiclanguag e is a mouthful. Despite their best efforts, columnists all over the globe carved the name of the volcano. Icelanders thought it was witty. 4. The longest Icelandic word is 64 letters long If you consider Eyjafjallajökull is a mouthful, say vaðlaheiðarvegavinnuverkfærageymsluskúraútidyralyklakippuhringur. At 64 letters, it is typically viewed the longest Icelandic word. It indicates something ...