The land of fjords, located in the north and west of the Scandinavian Peninsula, has a single state language. But in Norway it has two official forms and the inhabitants of the state use "bokmål" as a book speech and "nynoshk" as the new Norwegian. Both linguistic forms are present in absolutely all aspects of life, and Norwegians can receive education, watch TV programs, listen to the radio or apply to official organizations using Bokmål and Nyunoshka.
Some statistics and facts
- To completely confuse the rest of the world, the Norwegians came up with a couple more forms of their state language. In Norway, "Riksmol" and "Högnoshk" are also used, which, although not officially accepted, are popular,
- 90% of the country's inhabitants use Bokmål and Riksmål as their everyday language, while less than 10% use Nyunoshkom.
- All Norwegian dialects originate from the Old Scandinavian language, which went through the territories of modern Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
- During the Middle Ages, Danish became the main language of the Norwegian elite. It remained the written language of the Norwegians until the first half of the 19th century.
- The modern Norwegian alphabet contains the same 29 letters as Danish.
The number of dialects spoken in the Norwegian province numbers more than a dozen. Differences in grammar and syntax allow us to speak our own dialects in almost every Norwegian village.
Tourist notes
When you are in Norway on a business trip or on vacation, be prepared for the fact that English is understood only in large settlements and, mainly, by representatives of the younger generation. Norwegians are very conservative and are in no hurry to learn foreign languages, despite the globalization processes and accession to the Schengen area.
In large hotels and near national attractions, information in English can usually be found, but the passage of other tourist routes can cause some "translation difficulties".
