Bokmål
Also known as
- Bokmal,
- Norwegian Bokmål
Bokmål (lit. "book language") or Dano-Norwegian is the most commonly used of the two official Norwegian standard language, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by around 90% of the population in writing, regardless of dialect, and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of Norwegian language.
The first Bokmål orthography was officially adopted in 1907 under the name Riksmål after being under development since 1897. It was an adaptation of written Danish, which was commonly...
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