\u00c1 degi \u00edslenskrar tungu skulum vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jast yfir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00edslenskan stendur \u00e1 margan h\u00e1tt vel \u00fer\u00e1tt fyrir a\u00f0 \u00fdmsar ytri a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur s\u00e9u henni \u00f3hagst\u00e6\u00f0ar um \u00feessar mundir. Auk sterkrar og samfelldrar b\u00f3kmenntahef\u00f0ar og lifandi \u00e1huga almennings byggist styrkur \u00edslenskunnar ekki s\u00edst \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fan er a\u00f0altungum\u00e1li\u00f0 e\u00f0a eina tungum\u00e1li\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00f6llum helstu svi\u00f0um \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0l\u00edfsins: \u00ed stj\u00f3rnkerfinu, \u00ed menntakerfinu, \u00ed heilbrig\u00f0iskerfinu, \u00ed verslun og vi\u00f0skiptum, \u00ed fj\u00f6lmi\u00f0lum, \u00ed menningarl\u00edfinu, \u00ed netsamskiptum, \u00ed samskiptum augliti til auglitis, og inni \u00e1 heimilinu.<\/p>\n
Vi\u00f0 hugsum ekki alltaf \u00fat \u00ed hva\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er merkilegt a\u00f0 360 \u00fe\u00fasund manna samf\u00e9lag skuli eiga s\u00e9r s\u00e9rstakt tungum\u00e1l sem gegnir bur\u00f0arhlutverki \u00e1 \u00f6llum svi\u00f0um \u00ed t\u00e6kniv\u00e6ddu n\u00fat\u00edma\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e9lagi. Vissulega er til mikill fj\u00f6ldi tungum\u00e1la sem f\u00e6rra f\u00f3lk talar, en langflest \u00feeirra eru tungum\u00e1l \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0a og \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0flokka \u00fear sem a\u00f0eins f\u00e1 \u00e1\u00f0urnefndra svi\u00f0a koma vi\u00f0 s\u00f6gu. \u00dea\u00f0 er l\u00edka til fj\u00f6ldi tungum\u00e1la sem millj\u00f3nir e\u00f0a millj\u00f3natugir f\u00f3lks eiga a\u00f0 m\u00f3\u00f0urm\u00e1li, en eru aukatungum\u00e1l e\u00f0a minnihlutam\u00e1l \u00ed vi\u00f0komandi samf\u00e9lagi og a\u00f0eins notu\u00f0 \u00e1 sumum svi\u00f0um og eiga \u00fev\u00ed undir h\u00f6gg a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja.<\/p>\n
Samkv\u00e6mt m\u00e6likvar\u00f0a UNESCO um l\u00edfv\u00e6nleik tungum\u00e1la<\/a> er \u00edslenska \u00ed fimmta og efsta styrkleikaflokki. \u00deessi kvar\u00f0i byggist \u00e1 sex m\u00e6listikum sem s\u00fdndar eru \u00ed t\u00f6flunni h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an, \u00e1samt \u00feeim skilyr\u00f0um sem \u00fearf a\u00f0 uppfylla til a\u00f0 komast \u00ed efsta \u00ferep hverrar stigu. Hinga\u00f0 til hefur veri\u00f0 tali\u00f0 \u00f3tv\u00edr\u00e6tt a\u00f0 \u00edslenska s\u00e9 \u00ed efsta \u00ferepi \u00e1 \u00feeim \u00f6llum og s\u00e9 \u00fear me\u00f0 \u00f6rugg<\/a>. En ef til vill er ekki lengur alveg lj\u00f3st a\u00f0 \u00edslenska n\u00e1i efsta \u00ferepi samkv\u00e6mt \u00f6llum vi\u00f0mi\u00f0um, og hugsanlega kalla t\u00e6knibreytingar s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1ra l\u00edka \u00e1 einhver n\u00fd vi\u00f0mi\u00f0.<\/p>\n