Bokmåln.
/ˈbuːkmɔːl/ In Norway, a written language derived from Danish and now one of the two official languages (the other being Nynorsk n.); = Dano-Norwegian n. and adj. at Dano- comb. form .Formerly called Riksmål n. Bokmål was adopted as the official term in 1929.
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Dano-Norwegian1892
Rigsmaal1902
Riksmål1913
Bokmål1931
1931 Statesman's Year-bk. 1147 As to the written language, there exist two idioms (‘bokmaal’ and ‘landsmaal’) and both may be officially used.
1952 B. Berulfsen in Norseman X. 187 In 1929 official action changed the names Landsmål to Nynorsk and Riksmål to Bokmål.
1966 E. I. Haugen Lang. Conflict & Lang. Planning vi. 257 The choice given in the proposed ballot was between ‘natural Riksmål, Nynorsk, and official Bokmål’.
1974 Florida FL Reporter 13 24/2 Among native Norwegians the teaching of the standard language, bokmal, in the schools is accepted without question.
1989 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 1030/1 For more than 80 percent of the school children Bokmål is the main language in local schools.
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