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Icelandic has changed little since medieval times.

✓ TRUE FACT
Icelandic preserves many older features due to geographic and cultural continuity plus language policy. Modern Icelanders can often read medieval sagas with far less difficulty than English speakers reading Old English texts.

🤯 "Icelandic has changed little since medieval times — the linguistic time capsule of Europe."

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