I will be going to Iceland and I believe I will be using this alot, can you check it for me?
Ég er frá Bandaríkjunum
ég tala ensku
Ég tala nokkur orð í íslensku
Talar þú ensku?

I want to say:
I'm from The United States of America, I speak English, I speak few words in Icelandic, do you speak English?

Question

I will be going to Iceland and I believe I will be using this alot, can you check it for me?
Ég er frá Bandaríkjunum
ég tala ensku
Ég tala nokkur orð í íslensku
Talar þú ensku?

I want to say:
I'm from The United States of America, I speak English, I speak few words in Icelandic, do you speak English?

Answer

These are all correct.  Afsakið(pl.)/afsakaðu(sing.) is more like "excuse me".  Fyrirgefðu(sing.)/fyrirgefiði(pl.) (think of the word forgive) is closer to "I'm sorry".

Answer

Isn't afaskid sorry in Icelandic?

Answer

You should say. 
Fyrirgefðu, 
ég er frá Bandaríkjunum, 
ég tala aðeins nokkur orð á íslensku. 
Talar þú ensku? 
We say, orð á íslensku, 
not " orð í íslensku "  
But, i can see you are learning and doing great! ;)

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