| LC control no. | sh 85092723 |
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| LC classification | PD2900 PD2999 |
| Topical heading | Norwegian language (Nynorsk) |
| Variant(s) | Landsmaal Landsmål Neo-Norwegian language New Norwegian language Norwegian language--Landsmaal Norwegian language--Landsmål Norwegian language--Nynorsk Norwegian language (Landsmaal) Norwegian language (Landsmål) Norwegian Nynorsk language Nynorsk |
| See also | Scandinavian languages |
| Found in | Wikipedia, July 23, 2009 (Landsmål: the name Ivar Aasen gave the Norwegian orthography he created in the 19th century; renamed Nynorsk in 1929) Oct. 3, 2012 (Nynorsk, Neo Norwegian or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the time; The Norwegian Language Council recommends the name Norwegian Nynorsk when referring to this language in English) Wiktionary, Oct. 3, 2012 (Nynorsk. Alternative forms: Norwegian Nynorsk. One of the two major written standards (language variants) of Norwegian. Synonyms: landsmål, Landsmål) Ethnologue, via WWW, Oct. 3, 2012 (Norwegian. Dialects: Bokmål, Nynorsk) Merriam-Webster online dictionary, Oct. 3, 2012 (Nynorsk: a literary form of Norwegian based on the spoken dialects of Norway -- compare bokmål) The American heritage dict. of the English lang., c2000 (New Norwegian. A Norwegian national standard language based on spoken, especially rural, dialects. Devised in 1853, it was recognized as a second national language in 1885. Also called Landsmål, Nynorsk) Collins dictionaries website, Oct. 3, 2012: American English dictionary (Nynorsk: the newer of the two standard varieties of Norwegian, created in the mid-1800s and based on dialects of the language as spoken in rural areas; see also Bokmål) English dictionary (Nynorsk: one of the two mutually intelligible official forms of written Norwegian: it also exists in spoken form and is derived from the dialect of W and N Norway Also called: Landsmål. Compare Bokmål) Oxford dictionaries website, Oct. 3, 2012 (Nynorsk: a literary form of the Norwegian language, based on certain country dialects and constructed in the 19th century to serve as a national language more clearly distinct from Danish than Bokmål.) |
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