Nynorsk is in danger of losing the fight in the county of Rogaland in Vestland. Only one in four school students goes to school using Nynorsk in Rogaland today; of the 60 000 primary students in Rogaland, around 45 000 use Bokmål. Urbanization in the former Nynorsk county means that the Mållaget (Nynorsk federation) is at risk of giving up the fight against Bokmål.

According to the leader of the Mållaget in Rogaland (Kirsten Tegle Bryne): "We cannot get the entire Norwegian population, that 75 percent, to write Nynorsk. We can just forget about that. What is important now is to strengthen the Norwegian language and culture."

In traditional Nynorsk communities like Rennesøy and Klepp there is more and more bokmål. According to June Horpestad from a kindergarten in Klepp: "Most write in Bokmål. There are only two, three out of fourteen students that will use Nynorsk."

The Mållaget believes that Rogaland is about to become a city-county (i.e. more urbanized). More from Tegle Bryne: "There is a large movement to the county. I believe that we are in a fight against the English language, at least in the workplace. That makes Nynorsk the losing party."

akigr8 wrote:So I saw this on reddit's hot page, language news from my home county.
Thanks reddit, for bringing me local news o_O
Read the full article here: http://www.pagef30.com/2010/03/no-to-ny ... ty-of.html

No to Nynorsk: Norwegian county of Rogaland moving towards doing away with Nynorsk in favour of Bokmål in order to strengthen the Norwegian language

Nynorsk is in danger of losing the fight in the county of Rogaland in Vestland. Only one in four school students goes to school using Nynorsk in Rogaland today; of the 60 000 primary students in Rogaland, around 45 000 use Bokmål. Urbanization in the former Nynorsk county means that the Mållaget (Nynorsk federation) is at risk of giving up the fight against Bokmål.

According to the leader of the Mållaget in Rogaland (Kirsten Tegle Bryne): "We cannot get the entire Norwegian population, that 75 percent, to write Nynorsk. We can just forget about that. What is important now is to strengthen the Norwegian language and culture."

In traditional Nynorsk communities like Rennesøy and Klepp there is more and more bokmål. According to June Horpestad from a kindergarten in Klepp: "Most write in Bokmål. There are only two, three out of fourteen students that will use Nynorsk."

The Mållaget believes that Rogaland is about to become a city-county (i.e. more urbanized). More from Tegle Bryne: "There is a large movement to the county. I believe that we are in a fight against the English language, at least in the workplace. That makes Nynorsk the losing party."

I had to post this, it was so bizarre seeing it on reddit.

NineOneFour wrote:I don't understand the implications. What is Bokmal?

juːtoʊpiə wrote:What is the point of Nynorsk? Pretty much everyone writes Bokmål; what's the point of having a different system? All it does it make things harder for us foreigners trying to learn Norwegian

akigr8 wrote:

juːtoʊpiə wrote:What is the point of Nynorsk? Pretty much everyone writes Bokmål; what's the point of having a different system? All it does it make things harder for us foreigners trying to learn Norwegian

There really is no point, much better to kill one of them, and Bokmål is the clear winner.
Get rid of this old nationalistic ghost.

So why are Yoo learning Norwegian?

juːtoʊpiə wrote:Wanna study/live there

akigr8 wrote:

juːtoʊpiə wrote:Wanna study/live there

Aha, that will make MysteryTupperware happy
Lykke til med studiene, og håper du vil trives i Norge

the pigeon wrote:Sorry to ask what is probably a stupid question - but are there two standard forms of spoken Norwegian too? In addition to regional dialects of course.

the pigeon wrote:but are there two standard forms of spoken Norwegian too? In addition to regional dialects of course.

Paul1 wrote:If Nynorsk is pronounced "Nee-nor-sk" it should definitely die out for just having a stupid sounding name

Paul1 wrote:hehehe "Knee-nowshk". Kinda sounds cool in that accent though

Paul1 wrote:hehehe "Knee-nowshk". Kinda sounds cool in that accent though