Riksmaal (Noun)
Meaning
In 1929 this dialect of Norwegian was officially renamed Bokmal.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Riksmål was a literary and official form of the Norwegian language before 1929.
- Riksmål's official name was changed to Bokmål by a royal decree in Norway in 1929.
- Norway had Riksmål and Landsmål as two competing written standards until 1929.
- Some linguists claim Riksmål had greater resemblance to Danish compared to the Landsmål.
- A proposal in 2003 attempted to reinstate the use of the name Riksmål instead of Bokmål but failed.