Bokmål

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Norwegian language variety standard language written standard

Bokmål is the most widely used written standard of the Norwegian language, employed in government, education, media, and everyday communication.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norwegian language variety → standard language → written standard →
basedOn	Dano-Norwegian →
closelyRelatedTo	Danish language → Nynorsk →
coOfficialWith	Nynorsk →
country	Norway →
dominantIn	Eastern Norway → Northern Norway → urban areas of Norway →
etymology	from Norwegian words for "book" and "language" →
hasAlternativeName	Bokmaal → Norwegian Bokmål →
hasOfficialStatus	official written standard of Norwegian →
hasPhonologyBasedOn	Eastern Norwegian dialects →
hasRegulatoryBody	Språkrådet →
hasSpellingReform	1907 Norwegian language reform → 1917 Norwegian language reform → 1938 Norwegian language reform → 1959 Norwegian language reform → 1981 Norwegian language reform → 2005 Norwegian language reform →
historicalPrecursor	Riksmål →
ISO639-1Code	nb → no →
ISO639-2Code	nob →
languageFamily	Germanic languages → Indo-European languages → North Germanic languages →
officialLanguageOf	Norway →
officialStatusIn	Kingdom of Norway →
regulates	written Norwegian →
standardizedBy	Norwegian Language Council → Språkrådet →
subclassOf	Norwegian language →
usedAsMediumOfInstruction	Norwegian schools →
usedBy	majority of Norwegian population →
usedFor	Norwegian fiction and non-fiction publishing → Norwegian newspapers → official documents in Norway → public administration in Norway →
usedIn	Norwegian education system → Norwegian media → everyday written communication in Norway → government of Norway →
writingDirection	left-to-right →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aremark → Froland → Gjøvik → Oppland →	languageForm
Bokmål ("Norwegian Bokmål") → Bokmål ("Bokmaal") →	hasAlternativeName
Norwegian language → Norwegian language ("Nynorsk") →	hasOfficialWrittenStandard
Eastern Norway → Norwegian language →	hasWritingStandard
Hamar municipality → Moss →	officialLanguage
Askim → Hamar →	officialLanguageForm
Haugesund → Kristiansund →	usesWrittenStandard
Trøndersk dialect → Ålesund →	writingStandard
Norwegian Language Council →	appliesTo
Nynorsk →	coOfficialWith
Old Norwegian →	earlyFormOf
Nynorsk →	hasDistinctOrthographyFrom
Wiktionary ("Norwegian Bokmål") →	hasEditionInLanguage
Molde →	hasNynorskOrBokmålForm
Oslo City Council →	hasOfficialLanguage
Marker →	hasOfficialLanguageForm
Karmøy →	hasWrittenLanguageForm
Sarpsborg →	hasWrittenStandard
Riksmål →	historicalPrecursorOf
Riksmål →	influenced
Parliament of Norway ("Norwegian Bokmål") →	languageOfProceedings
Norwegian Language Council →	languageRegulated
North Germanic languages ("Bokmål Norwegian") →	majorModernStandard
Riksmål →	moreConservativeThan
Bergen →	primaryWrittenStandard
Nynorsk →	sharesVocabularyWith