What is Nynorsk?
{{Infobox language |name = Norwegian Nynorsk |nativename = ''nynorsk'' |pronunciation = {{IPA-no|ˈnyːnɔʂk|}} or {{IPA-no|ˈnyːnɔʁsk|}} |states = [[Norway]] |speakers = none |speakers2 = (written only) |familycolor = Indo-European |fam2 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |fam3 = [[North Germanic languages|North Germanic]] |fam4 = [[West Scandinavian languages|West Scandinavian]] |fam5 = ''[[Norwegian dialects]]'' |ancestor = [[Old West Norse]] |ancestor2 = [[Old Norwegian]] |ancestor3 = [[Middle Norwegian]] |ancestor4 = ''[[Norwegian dialects]]'' |ancestor5 = [[Høgnorsk|Landsmål]] |stand1 = Nynorsk (official) |stand2 = [[Høgnorsk]] (unofficial) |script = [[Latin script|Latin]] ([[Norwegian alphabet]]) |nation = {{NOR|Norway}}<br />[[File:Flag of the Nordic Council.svg|22px]] [[Nordic Council]] |agency = [[Norwegian Language Council]] |iso1 = nn |iso2 = nno |iso3 = nno |glotto = none |lingua = 52-AAA-ba to -be }} '''Nynorsk''' (New Norwegian) is one of the two official written standards of [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]; the other is [[Bokmål]]. It is based on Norwegian dialects and is especially common around [[Bergen]]. [[Ivar Aasen]] created it during the 19th century as a Norwegian alternative to [[Danish language|Danish]] upon which it is based. Danish was then often written in [[Norway]]. {{InterWiki|code=nn}} {{authority control}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Languages of Norway]] [[Category:North Germanic languages]]