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  Icelandic is the official language of Iceland used by approximately 93% of people. Due to immigration, Polish is spoken by almost 3%, Lithuanian 0.4%, English 0.3% and German 0.3%. https://www.campervanreykjavik.com/post/iceland-language English might be used as a lingua franca in Iceland, meaning it is a commonly known language. Especially younger generations, who study this language at school and can fluently communicate with others. That provides possibilities to communicate with people around the globe not only for business matters but also for personal life. Tourism would be so much harder if we have to learn a new language every time we go to another country and since most of us know English, communication is possible. Halló! – /hah-loh!/ - Hello! Já – /yow/ - Yes Nei – /ney/ - No Vinsamlegast – /vin-sahm-leh-gast/ - Please Þakka þér fyrir – /thah-kah thyer fir-eer/ - Thank you Geturðu hjálpað mér? – /geh-tur-thu hyaul-path mer/ - Can you help me? Ég skil ekki – /yeh skihl...