Norsk Målungdom
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Norsk Målungdom is an organization of youth working for the written language of neo-Norwegian (Nynorsk
) and the Norwegian dialects. Norsk Målungdom (shortened NMU) is the youth organization of Noregs Mållag
.
Neo-Norwegian (nynorsk) is used by somewhat less than half a million people around 10-15% of the population and is based on Norwegian dialects (particularly in Western Norway and inner parts of the country). On the other hand, the dominant written language in Norway, dano-Norwegian (Bokmål
), is an adaptation of the Danish language
used as a written standard in Norway since about 1500.
Nynorsk
Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...
) and the Norwegian dialects. Norsk Målungdom (shortened NMU) is the youth organization of Noregs Mållag
Noregs Mållag
Noregs Mållag is the main organisation for Norwegian Nynorsk , one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language. In the Norwegian language struggle, it advocates the use of Nynorsk...
.
Neo-Norwegian (nynorsk) is used by somewhat less than half a million people around 10-15% of the population and is based on Norwegian dialects (particularly in Western Norway and inner parts of the country). On the other hand, the dominant written language in Norway, dano-Norwegian (Bokmål
Bokmål
Bokmål is one of two official Norwegian written standard languages, the other being Nynorsk. Bokmål is used by 85–90% of the population in Norway, and is the standard most commonly taught to foreign students of the Norwegian language....
), is an adaptation of the Danish language
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
used as a written standard in Norway since about 1500.