Nynorsk

Nynorsk (literally New Norwegian) is one of the two officially sanctioned orthographic standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. It is based on Norwegian dialects and was created by Ivar Aasen in the 19th century as a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language (on which Bokmål is based) which was commonly written in Norway at the time.

In 2005, a poll indicated that the percentage of Norwegians using Nynorsk to a lesser or greater degree is 13%. Among those, 7.5% use only Nynorsk when they write in private, and 5.5% use both Bokmål and Nynorsk. Two previous polls from 2000 and 1995 indicate that these numbers have been relatively stable since the 1990s.

Nynorsk is also the Norwegian linguistic term for Modern Norwegian, which is the language spoken in Norway since the mid 1500s. It is this primary meaning that has given the Nynorsk orthography its name. This sense of the word is described further in the article Modern Norwegian.

See the main articles on Norwegian language and Norwegian language struggle.

References

1. ^ Ordet 4/2005 - Bare 7,5 % Nynorsk. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.

External links

• Noregs Mållag Noregs Mållag is the major organization promoting Nynorsk.

• Norsk Målungdom Norsk Målungdom is Noregs Mållag's youth organization.

• Ivar Aasen-tunet The Ivar Aasen Centre is a national centre for documenting and experiencing the Nynorsk written culture, and the only museum in the country devoted to Ivar Aasen's life and work.

Norwegian language
Norwegian language struggle
Landsmål | Høgnorsk | Nynorsk | Samnorsk | Bokmål | Riksmål | Dano-Norwegian | Norwegian Sign Language
Norwegian Language Council | Norwegian Academy | Noregs Mållag | Riksmålsforbundet | Norwegian dialects
Æ | Ø | Å