North Germanic languages: mutual intelligibility (Faroe Islands - Iceland)

Faroese speakers (of the Insular Scandinavian languages group) are even better than the Norwegians at comprehending two or more languages within the Continental Scandinavian languages group, scoring high in both Danish (which they study at school) and Norwegian and having the highest score on a Scandinavian language other than their native language, as well as the highest average score. Icelandic speakers, in contrast, have a poor command of Norwegian and Swedish. They do somewhat better with Danish, as they are taught Danish in school. When speakers of Faroese and Icelandic were tested on how well they understood the three Continental Scandinavian languages, the test results were as follows (maximum score 10.0):[23]

Reference 1: Faroe Islands and Iceland.

Reference 2: Comprehension of Danish, Comprehension of Swedish, Comprehension of Norwegian and Average.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_languages