Nynorsk

//ˈnjuːnɔːsk// name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of the two major written standards (language variants) of Norwegian.

    "While 85-90% of Norwegians today use Bokmål as their written standard, Nynorsk is only used by about 10-15% of the population. Fosse’s English translator Damion Searls says many Nynorsk speakers see him “as a kind of national hero” for his championing of the language."

Synonyms

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landsmaallandsmalnew norwegiannew norwegiannew norwegiannorwegian nynorsk

Example

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"Here's my flag for Nynorsk. Because the philosophy of Nynorsk is based on the maximum divergence from Danish, Danish background of the flag is to be replaced with Icelandic, because Icelandic served as inspiration for the language creators. The flag is not rectangular in form, because... Well, that Nynorsk is strange after all."

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian nynorsk (“Modern Norwegian”, literally “New Norwegian”).

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