Norway is a country with a rich and interesting language situation
There are two official written languages for the whole country, bokmål
and nynorsk, and the Sámi language also has official status in the
northern municipalities of Kåfjord, Kautokeino, Karasjok, Nesseby,
Porsanger, Tana and Tysfjord. In addition to the written languages,
there is a myriad of spoken dialects that developed in the various
parts of the country.
While I was looking at the website for the Norwegian Language Council yesterday, I ended up finding several other excellent sites about Norwegian language that I had never seen before. Here are some links:
Norwegian grammar:
- Explanations with exercises (Norsk nettskole): Bokmål / Nynorsk
- Nynorsk grammar with exercises (Nynorsksenteret): Whole grammar / Individual sections
- Updated grammatical terms for use in the schools (Norsk språkråd): The grammar sites above use the new grammatical terms. The biggest changes are the new terms for verb tenses and the creation of a new category–determinatives–that includes articles, possessives, demonstratives, and words expressing quantity.)
Norwegian dialects:
- Dialektor: Online dialect course with explanations and exercises (Cappelen)
- Nordavinden og sola: Norwegian dialect examples online (NTNU)
- Dialect areas and markers (Magne Vestøl)
Sami language:
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