Sēo sīde manigeo Īslandiscra sprecendra — abūtan 320 000 — libbað in Īslande. Ðær sind ābūtan 8 165 Īslendisce sprecend in Denemearcan libbende, þāra nēalǣcende 3 000 sind leorningcnihtas. Ðā sprǣce sprecað ēac 5 112 lēode in þām USA and 2 170-um in Canadan (under oðerum, in Gimli, Manitoba). 97% þǣre burugware Īslandes dēmað Īslandisce hīra mōðere tungan, ac in sumum mansumungum ýte Īslandes se bryce þǣre sprǣce is āhildende. Īslandisce sprecend ýte Īslandes āspeliað endeniehste ofersetlung ælmǣst in eallum fiellum elcor Gimli, sēo from þām 1880m and andweardes gesetled wæs.