Bokmål
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 (date missing) | |||
| Language family | Indo-European
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| Standard forms | Bokmål (official)
Riksmål (unofficial)
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| Writing system | 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 & 52-AAA-cd to -cg | |||
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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.
Bokmål Media
Knud Knudsen, often called the "father of Bokmål"
Poster from a campaign against mandatory Samnorsk, c. 1955
Map of the official language forms of Norwegian municipalities. Red is Bokmål, blue is Nynorsk and gray denotes neutral areas.
References
- ↑ Template:Cite American Heritage Dictionary
- ↑ "Bokmål". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Bokmål" Archived 2019-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (US) and "Bokmål". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|work=at position 9 (help) - ↑ "Bokmål". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- ↑ Vikør, Lars. "Bokmål". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: University of Oslo. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Vikør, Lars. "Fakta om norsk språk". Retrieved 2009-08-04.
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Bokmål edition. |
