Riksmål

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Riksmål is a traditional, conservative written standard of Norwegian closely aligned with Danish and used primarily by language purists and certain cultural institutions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Riksmål orthography 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian language variety
conservative language standard
written standard of Norwegian
aimsToPreserve continuity with older Danish-Norwegian written tradition
associatedWith Norwegian literary tradition
conservative language ideology
urban educated elites in Norway
closelyAlignedWith Danish language
country Norway
differsFrom Nynorsk
official Bokmål standard
domain cultural institutions
literature
press
etymology from Norwegian "rik" (realm, kingdom) and "mål" (speech, language)
hasAlternativeName traditional Bokmål (in some contexts)
hasCharacteristic Danish-influenced vocabulary
conservative spelling
culturally prestigious associations
traditional morphology
traditional syntax
hasOrthographicNormsPublishedBy Det Norske Akademis ordbok
Riksmålsforbundet spelling lists
hasRegulatoryBody Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature
surface form: Det Norske Akademi for Språk og Litteratur

Riksmålsforbundet
hasSpellingStandard Riksmål self-linksurface differs
surface form: Riksmål orthography
historicalPrecursorOf Bokmål
influenced Bokmål
ISO639Status no separate ISO 639 code (treated under Norwegian/Bokmål)
languageFamily North Germanic languages
moreConservativeThan Bokmål
notOfficiallyRecognizedAs one of the two official written standards of Norwegian
opposedBy language reformers favoring Nynorsk
supporters of radical Bokmål reforms
regulates traditional Norwegian orthography
script Latin script
status de facto minority standard
non-official written standard in Norway
subfamily Scandinavian languages
timePeriod codified in the early 20th century
developed in the late 19th century
usedBy certain Norwegian cultural institutions
language purists in Norway
some Norwegian authors
some Norwegian newspapers
usedIn Norway
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Riksmål hasSpellingStandard Riksmål self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Riksmål orthography
Norwegian language hasVariant Riksmål
Bokmål historicalPrecursor Riksmål