Bokmål

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 See also 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From bok (“book”) and mål (in this sense meaning “language”), with the meaning “the language used in books”. The Old Norse equivalent bókamál was used in this sense as a name for Latin, as it was the primary language used for writing of biblical work in much of the Middle Ages.

[edit] Proper noun

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Singular Bokmål

Plural -

Bokmål

1. One of the two major Norwegian languages, literally meaning “book language”.

[edit] See also

• Nynorsk

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[edit] External links

• ISO 639-1 code nb, ISO 639-3 code nob (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Bokmål, nob