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IOL 2011 Problem #2 Faroese
The following are words of the Faroese language written in the regular orthography and in phonetic transcription as well as their English translations:
| bøga | hen bird | |
| deyði | [dɛiji] | (I) kill |
| eyður | [ɛijur] | wealth |
| glaða | [glɛava] | whirlwind |
| gleða | [gleːa] | (they) make glad |
| gløður | [gløːvur] | embers |
| hugi | [huːwi] | mind |
| knoðar | (he) kneads | |
| koyla | [kɔila] | cleft |
| kvøða | (they) sing | |
| lega | [leːva] | bed |
| logi | [loːji] | flame |
| løgur | liquid | |
| móða | [mɔuwa] | froth or scum in pot with meat or fish |
| mugu | [muːwu] | (they) must |
| plága | nuisance, affliction | |
| ráði | [rɔaji] | (I) advise |
| rúma | [rʉuma] | (they) contain |
| røða | [røːa] | (they) speak |
| skaði | damage, loss | |
| skógur | [skɔuwur] | forest |
| spreiða | [spraija] | (they) spread |
| søga | [søːva] | story |
| tegi | [teːji] | keep silent! |
| toygur | swallow, gulp, draught | |
| tregar | [treːar] | (he) injures |
| trúgi | may (he) endanger | |
| vágur | [vɔavur] | gulf |
| vegur | [veːvur] | (he) raises |
| viður | [viːjur] | wood, timber |
| viga | [viːja] | (they) weigh |
| øga | [øːa] | (they) frighten |
(a) Fill in the gaps.
(b) Describe the rules you used.
⚠ Faroese belongs to the Northern subgroup of the Germanic languages. It is spoken by approx. 48 000 people in the Faroe Islands and elsewhere. In the transcription [j] = y in yum, [w] = w in win; [ɛ], [ɔ], [ø], [ʉ] are vowels. The mark ː denotes vowel length.
—Alexander Piperski