2006-10-16 07:20:46 · 24 answers · asked by its me 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The Norwegian language has two official written forms: bokmål and nynorsk. Additionally riksmål denotes a conservative, unofficial variant of Bokmål. Today most is written in bokmål, e.g. in press and literature.
Non-Norwegian languages like Saami and Kven (Finnish) are also used in northernmost Norway by ethnic minorities.
2006-10-16 07:24:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
Norwegian is spoken by most of the population. However, there are areas of Norway where Norwegian is the second language, namely in Lappland - where they speak Sami, and a small region in Nord-Troms (second northernmost county of Norway) which speaks Kven - a language of Finnish decent.
As stated in previous entries, Norway has two formal written languages - Dano-Norwegian (Bokmål) which originates from Danish, and Neo-Norwegian (Nynorsk) which was founded on the diversity of dialects mid 19th-century. The reason for introducing Neo-Norwegian was a wish to become more independent from 400 years of Danish rule - something that had profoundly influenced the writing-linguistics of Norway. The best known proliferator of the use of Neo-Norwegian was Ivar Aasen - who travelled around in Norway, gathering dialect-samples from the different regions, and "translated" these into what would later become known as Neo-Norwegian. However, whereas Dano-Norwegian does follow fairly strict rules what words and sentence-structure is concerned, Neo-Norwegian is more open to free choice. As all Norwegian-pupils must learn both written languages, this has caused an aversion against Neo-Norwegian.
Additionally, there is talk about introducing Sami to all Norwegians - something that has caused many politicans to uproar as the standard of writing in Norwegian schools has descended in the later years.
2006-10-16 16:41:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Norwegian
2006-10-17 07:23:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anne-marie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Norwegian
2006-10-16 07:30:44 · answer #4 · answered by ben1_1_4 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Norwegian
2006-10-16 07:28:22 · answer #5 · answered by rm2 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Norwegian language has two official written forms: bokmål and nynorsk. Additionally riksmål denotes a conservative, unofficial variant of Bokmål. Today most is written in bokmål, e.g. in press and literature.
Non-Norwegian languages like Saami and Kven (Finnish) are also used in northernmost Norway by ethnic minorities.
2006-10-16 07:38:33 · answer #6 · answered by ahahs05 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering that the country is called
Norway I would go for norwegian.
2006-10-16 07:29:19 · answer #7 · answered by Mini 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Norwegian
2006-10-16 07:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Norwegian
2006-10-16 07:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Norwegian
2006-10-16 07:22:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋