Språkåret 2013
språkåret language year norway arranged government support year year ivar aasen born year det norske teatret norwegian theatre opened ivar aasens life work development nynorsk new norse language grammar vocabulary based upon way ordinary norwegian primarily rural spoke hundred year danish rule many city well everyone educated denmark spoke wrote danish danish taught school det norske teatret theatre oslo primarily produce play nynorsk two jubilee main reason decision create national year celebration language språkåret standalone project organised within nynorsk kultursentrum nynorsk culture center funded norwegian ministry culture purpose språkåret embrace celebrate diversity language exists norway one sought put focus positive effect arise living country several language two official written version norwegian bokmål nynorsk language indigenous people north sámi three recognised national minority language kvensk romani romanes well norwegian sign language another official language addition huge variation local dialect well many language spoken immigrant year dedicated celebrating discussing trying raise awareness valuable cultural expression identity connected language dialect create stronger linguistic selfesteem amongst people nynorsk preferred language moreover heighten public acceptance country languagedivided culture increase pride linguistic culture nynorsk also among people bokmål preferred language increase knowledge respect native language sámi minority language immigrant language sign language put language situation norway international comparative perspective take initiative contact among languagepolicy actor common interest cross linguistic border ethnicity interview december leader language year project author inger johanne sæterbakk said language year lived life many arrangement occurred without central steering one know many thousand sæterbakk said saw use dialect emotional element written language used tool regretted wasnt possible engage minority language group pleased activitylevel around country ministry culture norway page english