Talk:Norway/Archive 10
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Bokmål and nynorsk as languages
In the current (22 August 2024) edition of the page, the following is stated under the "Languages" section: "It has two official written forms, Bokmål and Nynorsk. Both are used in public administration, schools, churches, and media. Bokmål is the written language used by a majority of about 85%."
According to the Act on Languages of 2021 § 3 (https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2021-05-21-42), bokmål and nynorsk are defined as languages, not as written languages. This was purposefully done by the Norwegian government, as explained in Prop. 108 L (2020-2021) on page 156, to highlight the fact that the two Norwegian languages are not only written languages.
Seeing as bokmål and nynorsk are not legally restricted to written languages in Norway, I suggest that the languages are not referred to as written in this article. 132.150.8.6 (talk) 10:27, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- The same law quotes as follow:
- "§ 4.Norsk språk
- Norsk er det nasjonale hovudspråket i Noreg.
- Bokmål og nynorsk er likeverdige språk som skal kunne brukast i alle delar av samfunnet. I offentlege organ er bokmål og nynorsk jamstilte skriftspråk."
- Translated:
- "§ 4.Norwegian language Norwegian is the official national language of Norway.
- Bokmål and Nynorsk are equal languages that should be able to be used in all parts of society. In public bodies, Bokmål and Nynorsk are equally written languages."
- As many have stated before, nobody in Norway speaks purely Bokmål or Nynorsk, as these are constructed to be written norms. Most of the spoken language is either a form of a sociolect or dialect. Volum-ion (talk) 18:48, 22 August 2024 (UTC)