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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Norwegian national standard language based on spoken, especially rural, dialects. Devised in 1853, it was recognized as a second national language in 1885.

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  • proper noun Nynorsk; Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • noun one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects

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Examples

  • Although my personal solution might be to limit myself to New Norwegian blogs only.

    A blog by any other name... Torill 2005

  • Although my personal solution might be to limit myself to New Norwegian blogs only.

    Archive 2005-03-01 Torill 2005

  • Aasen's proposals were later modified and supplemented by many other authors who contributed to the development of New Norwegian.

    Artifact Hilpinen, Risto 2004

  • A little preview for the curious: the topics for tomorrow's presentation translated from New Norwegian to English:

    Archive 2001-10-01 Torill 2001

  • A little preview for the curious: the topics for tomorrow's presentation translated from New Norwegian to English:

    thinking with my fingers Torill 2001

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