Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk
nynorsk
Pronunciation	UK: /ˈnjuːnɔːrsk, ˈniː-/ NEW-norsk, NEE- US: /njuːˈnɔːrsk, niːˈ-/ new-NORSK, nee-[1][2][3][4] Urban East Norwegian: [ˈnỳːnɔʂk] ⓘ
Native to	Norway
Native speakers	None (written only)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic North Germanic West Scandinavian Norwegian dialects Norwegian Nynorsk
Early forms	Old West Norse Old Norwegian Middle Norwegian Norwegian dialects Landsmål
Standard forms	Nynorsk (official) Høgnorsk (unofficial)
Writing system	Latin (Norwegian alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Norway Nordic Council
Regulated by	Norwegian Language Council
Language codes
ISO 639-1	nn
ISO 639-2	nno
ISO 639-3	nno
Glottolog	norw1262
Linguasphere	52-AAA-ba to -be

Nynorsk (Urban East Norwegian: [ˈnỳːnɔʂk] ^ⓘ; lit. 'New Norwegian')^[5] is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (Landsmål), parallel to the Dano-Norwegian written standard known as Riksmål. The name Nynorsk was introduced in 1929. After a series of reforms, it is still the written standard closer to Landsmål, whereas Bokmål is closer to Riksmål and Danish.

Between 10 and 15 percent of Norwegians (primarily in the west around the city of Bergen) have Nynorsk as their official language form, estimated by the number of students attending secondary schools.^[6] Nynorsk is also taught as a mandatory subject in both high school and middle school for all Norwegians who do not have it as their own language form.^[7]