Notes from building an Icelandic app.
Grammar, culture, and the build.
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NEWEST2 October 2026 · 6 min
How long does it take to learn Icelandic?
The honest numbers, from the diplomat figure everyone quotes to what twenty minutes a day actually gets you in a year, and the one variable that matters more than hours.
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12 September 2026 · 5 min
The best resources for learning Icelandic, including the free ones
What actually exists for learning Icelandic, what each thing is good for, what it costs, and where the free option beats the paid one. Written by someone who has tried most of it and quit some of it.
11 September 2026 · 9 min
Is Icelandic actually hard to learn? An honest answer
Four cases, three genders, a reputation that scares people off before they start. Here is what is genuinely difficult, what is easier than you expect, and where the difficulty actually sits.
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