The Office 2010 Language Interface Pack for Icelandic is now available for free download!

A Language Interface Pack allows you to change the user interface in the following Office 2010 applications: Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word. The pack includes a spell checker.

FUN FACTS ABOUT ICELANDIC:

  • Derived from Old Norse - the language spoke by the first settlers on the island in the 9th century - Icelandic has changed very little since the 13th century, probably due to its geographic isolation and a very strong literary tradition.
  • “Geyser” is the most prominent loanword that English borrowed from Icelandic. Meaning ”hot spring”, it’s a fitting word for a language spoken on an island with major geothermic activity.
  • The few English loanwords in Icelandic stem from the US and British occupation during World War II. For example, jeppi (jeep), kók (Coca-Cola) and partí (party) all became adopted in spoken Icelandic.
  • Icelandic is written in a Latin script with 32 characters. The Roman alphabet was introduced to Iceland together with Christianity around the year 1000.

More information about Icelandic (Wikipedia)

For info on other Icelandic products, visit the Microsoft Iceland website:

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