Bokmål
one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language
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Summary
Bokmål is a language[1]. Bokmål ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,191 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Norway[3]
- Instance of: standard language[4], written language[5], målform[6], modern language[7]
- Subclass of: Norwegian[8]
- Writing system: Latin script[9], Dano-Norwegian alphabet[10]
- Commons category: Bokmål[11]
- Wikimedia language code: nb[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bokmål[13]
- Described at URL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Lexicographical_data/Documentation/Languages/nb[14]
- Language regulatory body: Norwegian Language Council[15], Norwegian Academy[16]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 4,000,000[17]
- Has characteristic: agreement[18]
- Native label: bokmål[19]
- Different from: Nynorsk[20], Riksmål[21]
- Indigenous to: Norway[22]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NOB[23]
- Has tense: present tense[24], present perfect[25], preterite[26]
- Has grammatical mood: imperative[27]
- Has grammatical gender: neuter[28], feminine[29], masculine[30]
- Has paradigm class: a1[31], a2[32], a3[33], a4[34], a5[35], f1[36], f3[37], m1[38], m2[39], m3[40], n1[41], n2[42], n3[43], v1[44]
- Related category: Category:Norwegian Bokmål pronunciation[45]
Why It Matters
Bokmål has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Bokmål is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]