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Welcome to the Wikilang introduction page for the Norwegian language, or as we call it, nynorsk!

An Introduction to the Language

Nynosk is a variant of written Norwegian spoken in Norway. Round about 10% of Norway uses Nynorsk as their written language.

The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the 1800s to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the time. ★From: 1

Family

Indo-European

• Germanic
  • North Germanic
    • West Scandinavian
      • Norwegian

Spoken in

There are about 5 million speakers in Scandinavia with the largest majority in Norway.

Reference

• 1: Nynorsk at Wikipedia