Nynorsk

Nynorsk [nee-nawrsk, -nohrsk; Norwegian ny-nawshk] Word Origin noun

1. a literary language based on western Norwegian dialects and Old Norse and in 1885 adopted as one of the two official languages of Norway.

Compare Bokmål. Origin of Nynorsk Norwegian: literally, new Norwegian Also called Landsmål, New Norse. British Dictionary definitions for nynorsk Nynorsk noun

1. one of the two mutually intelligible official forms of written Norwegian: it also exists in spoken form and is derived from the dialect of W and N NorwayAlso called: Landsmål Compare Bokmål

Word Origin for Nynorsk Norwegian: new Norse