Nynorsk

Nynorsk (New Norwegian) is one of the two official written standards of Norwegian; the other is Bokmål. It is based on Norwegian dialects and is especially common around Bergen. Ivar Aasen created it during the 19th century as a Norwegian alternative to Danish upon which it is based. Danish was then often written in Norway.

Norwegian Nynorsk
nynorsk
Pronunciation	[ˈnyːnɔʂk] or [ˈnyːnɔʁsk]
Native to	Norway
Native speakers	None (written only)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic West Scandinavian Norwegian dialects Norwegian Nynorsk
Early forms:	Old West Norse Old Norwegian Middle Norwegian Norwegian dialects Landsmål Norwegian Nynorsk
Standard forms	Nynorsk (official) Høgnorsk (unofficial)
Writing system	Latin (Norwegian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Norway 22px Nordic Council
Regulated by	Norwegian Language Council
Language codes
ISO 639-1	nn
ISO 639-2	nno
ISO 639-3	nno
Linguasphere	52-AAA-ba to -be

Nynorsk Media

• Ivar Aasen (drawing by Olav Rusti)

• The Norwegian romantic nationalism movement sought to identify and celebrate the genuinely Norwegian.

• Målformer i Norge.svg

  Map of the official language forms of Norwegian municipalities as of 2007, with Nynorsk in cyan, Bokmål in orange, and neutral in grey