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Despite the fact that the status of the official national language is Norwegian, there are in fact, two fundamentally different forms of the language used within the country. At the same time, both forms are almost evenly distributed among the speakers, and are used even at the official level when signing documents and publishing literature. Many experts have noted that the reason why there has been no contradiction for such a long time between the respective speakers of these two dialects of one language is because of its consolidation at the official level. Such aspect of Norwegian language, like Bokmål, began to develop actively during the middle Ages. It was used exclusively by the elite sections of society. The Nynorsk on the other hand, was created only recently, at the very beginning of the 19th century. It is now called “modern Norwegian” and is based on various dialects of the western part of Norway. Ivar Osen, a well-known linguist, carried out some great works in this linguistic direction.

In addition to the two main forms of Norwegian, many provinces employ other dialects and languages. Among the most popular dialects is riksmol and høgnorsk. Despite the fact that their bearers constitute a fairly large percentage of the local population, the authorities did not bestow the status of regional language on either of these two linguistic units. They are however still allowed to be used in official documents, in the media and literature. The Sami language, which has the status of a state language, is fundamentally different from Norwegian. It is based on the Finno-Ugric language group. To date, the natives of this dialect are more than 20,000 Norwegians, and this is despite the fact that the total population of the country is just over 4.5 million people.
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