The Icelandic Language Institute
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Founded in 1985, the Icelandic Language Institute (Íslensk Málstöð) is responsible for the planning and preservation of the Icelandic language. The Icelandic Language Institute is a department within the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture in Iceland, and its role is to officially answer questions regarding characteristics of the Icelandic Language, as well as to provide benchmarks and guidelines for educators of Icelandic.
Starting in 1997, the Icelandic Language Institute has created a database on the Internet, which currently contains 52 special glossaries complied for use in specific areas of focus. While all of these glossaries all contain Icelandic words, some are bilingual, including terms taken from English, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German and French, among other languages.
