Bokmål
one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language
Bokmål (UK: /ˈbuːkmɔːl/, US: /ˈbʊk-, ˈboʊk-/;[1][2][3][4] lit. 'book language')[5] is one of two official written forms of Norwegian; the other is Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by 85-90%[6] of the population in Norway and the usual way to teach to foreign students.
Norwegian Bokmål | |
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norsk • bokmål | |
Pronunciation | [nɔʂk] • [ˈbuːkmɔːl] |
Native to | Norway, Denmark |
Native speakers | ~ 5.32 million |
Indo-European
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Standard forms | Bokmål (official)
Riksmål (unofficial)
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Latin (Norwegian alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Norway Nordic Council |
Regulated by | Norwegian Language Council (Bokmål proper) Norwegian Academy (Riksmål) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | nb |
ISO 639-2 | nob |
ISO 639-3 | nob |
Linguasphere | 52-AAA-ba to -be & |
Bokmål is regulated by the government's Norwegian Language Council. A more conservative orthographic standard is called Riksmål, which is regulated by the non-governmental Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature.
References
change- ↑ "Bokmål". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Bokmål". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Bokmål" Archived 2019-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (US) and "Bokmål". Oxford Dictionaries UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Bokmål". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ Vikør, Lars. "Bokmål". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: University of Oslo. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Vikør, Lars. "Fakta om norsk språk". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
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