Nynorsk
one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language
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Summary
Nynorsk is a language[1]. Nynorsk ranks in the top 1% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,718 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]
- Commons category: Nynorsk[10]
- Wikimedia language code: nn[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nynorsk[12]
- Language regulatory body: Norwegian Language Council[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 4,320,000[14]
- Has characteristic: agreement[15]
- Native label: Nynorsk[16]
- Different from: Bokmål[17], Riksmål[18]
- Indigenous to: Norway[19]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NNO[20]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q12715471[21]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[22], feminine[23], neuter[24]
- Has paradigm class: a1[25], a2[26], a3[27], a4[28], a5[29], f1[30], f2[31], f3[32], m1[33], m2[34], n1[35], n3[36], v1[37], v2[38]
Why It Matters
Nynorsk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Nynorsk is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]