Dano-Norwegian language
- noun
- Archaic
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idioma danés-noruego
- The Dano-Norwegian language served as the basis for the modern Bokmål standard.
Examples
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In the 19th century, most Norwegian literature was written in Dano-Norwegian language.
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Many official documents in Norway used Dano-Norwegian language before the adoption of Bokmål.
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The Dano-Norwegian language has influenced modern Norwegian.
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Many people in Norway studied the Dano-Norwegian language in school.
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In the 19th century, most Norwegian literature was written in Dano-Norwegian language.
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Many official documents in Norway used Dano-Norwegian language before the adoption of Bokmål.
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Many people in Norway studied the Dano-Norwegian language in school.
Synonyms
A form of Norwegian shaped by Danish that was once the written standard in Norway
A written form of Norwegian used by most people and based on Danish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Dano-Norwegian + language
The phrase is compositionally built from 'Dano-Norwegian' + 'language' and, if a learner recognises 'Dano-' as relating to Danish and 'Norwegian' as the language, they can infer it denotes a variety of Norwegian influenced by Danish. However, 'Dano-' is a specialised, historical formation and the term is technical/hyphenated, so many B1 learners would not reliably parse the historical relation without prior exposure, making full comprehension less certain.
Etymology
The noun Dano-Norwegian language comes from the time when Norway was ruled by Denmark, so official writing used 'Danish' even though people spoke Norwegian. That mix of Danish writing and Norwegian speech became a written form used as one of Norway's official standards and later helped make modern 'Bokmål'.
