The Relationship between Bokmål and Nynorsk Nowadays

Abstract

The present paper deals with the present-day relationship between the two official languages of Norway, Bokmål and Nynorsk (actually two variants of the same language, Norwegian), examining how their equal status functions in reality in the Norwegian society, in the administration, in the educational system, in the everyday life, in the digital world, etc.

Keywords

• sprachvariante
• schriftsprache
• gleichstellung
• sprachbehörden
• unterrichtssprache