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The BokmalNorwegianLanguage is a BokmalGroupLanguage of Norway. SIL code: NRR. ISO 639-1: nb. ISO 639-2: nob. Population: 4,250,000 including Nynorsk, 99.5% of population (1991 WA). Population total all countries: 5,000,000 (1999 WA). Region: Also spoken in Canada, Ecuador, Sweden, UAE, USA. Alternate names: BOKMAAL, RIKSMAAL, DANO-NORWEGIAN, NORWEGIAN. Dialects: WESTERN NORWEGIAN (COASTAL NORWEGIAN), CENTRAL NORWEGIAN (MIDLAND NORWEGIAN), EASTERN NORWEGIAN (OSTLANDET), NORTHERN NORWEGIAN (TRONDELAAG, NORDLAND). Comments: Norwegian form of Danish and based on urban dialects. One of the two norms for written Norwegian. Spoken Norwegian has many dialects, grouped as shown under the dialect list. It was reported in 1971 that 82.5% of the pupils used Riksmaal as their main written language. Primarily urban. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SVO. Bible 1834-1978.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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