landsmål

Norwegian

/lɑnsmoːɽ/

noun-nu
Definitions
  • a written standard for Norwegian created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-1800s; predecessor to Nynorsk
  • the name given to Nynorsk until 1929.

Etymology

Affix from Norwegian Bokmål land (country) + Norwegian Bokmål mål (speech, dialect, goal, language).

Origin

Norwegian

mål

Gloss

speech, dialect, goal, language

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

語

Emoji
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