Nynorsk
Nynorsk (literally
New Norwegian) is one of the two officially sanctioned written standards of the
Norwegian language, the other being
Bokmål. Nynorsk is used as the primary written language by just over 10% of Norwegian speakers in
Norway. The Nynorsk orthography 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.
Nynorsk is also the Norwegian
linguistic term for Modern Norwegian, which is the language spoken in Norway since the mid
1500s. In this sense
Nynorsk covers all modern
Norwegian dialects and all modern Norwegian orthographies, including Nynorsk,
Høgnorsk,
Bokmål and
Riksmål. This sense of the word is described further in the article
Modern Norwegian.
See the main article on
Norwegian language.
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Noregs Mållag Noregs Mållag is the major organization promoting Nynorsk.
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Norsk Målungdom Norsk Målungdom is Noregs Mållag's youth organization.
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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.
