Bokmål
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Bokmål (lit. "book language") is the most commonly used of the two official written [1] standards of Norwegian, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by around 85-90% of the population (regardless of dialect) and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of Norwegian. Before 1929 the official term for Bokmål was Riksmål. Historically, Bokmål is a Norwegianized variety of Danish, which was commonly written in Norway until the start of the 20th century (see Dano-Norwegian).
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- ^ Neither is a spoken standard officially, but an urban East Norwegian pronunciation of Bokmål can be regarded as a de facto standard for that form of the language - Kristoffersen, Gjert (2000). The Phonology of Norwegian. Oxford University Press, 6-11. ISBN 9780198237655.
[edit] See also
- Norwegian language
- Norwegian language struggle
- Differences between Norwegian Bokmål and Standard Danish
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