New Norwegian

E394804

Norwegian language form language variety standard language written standard

New Norwegian is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, developed in the 19th century from rural Norwegian dialects.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
E12 (Norwegian)	1
New Norwegian canonical	1
New Norwegian written standard	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3882434 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Norwegian
Context triple: [Nynorsk, hasAlternativeName, New Norwegian]

A. Middle Norwegian
Middle Norwegian is a historical North Germanic language stage spoken in Norway roughly between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, bridging Old Norwegian and modern Norwegian.
B. Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, closely related to Danish and Swedish and featuring two official written standards, Bokmål and Nynorsk.
C. Norwegian (administrative)
Norwegian (administrative) is the official form of the Norwegian language used for government, legal, and bureaucratic purposes in certain territories such as Greenland and Svalbard.
D. Old Norwegian
Old Norwegian is a historical North Germanic language variety spoken in medieval Norway that represents the early stage of the modern Norwegian language.
E. Bokmål
Bokmål is the most widely used written standard of the Norwegian language, employed in government, education, media, and everyday communication.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Norwegian
Target entity description: New Norwegian is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, developed in the 19th century from rural Norwegian dialects.

A. Middle Norwegian
Middle Norwegian is a historical North Germanic language stage spoken in Norway roughly between the late Middle Ages and the early modern period, bridging Old Norwegian and modern Norwegian.
B. Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, closely related to Danish and Swedish and featuring two official written standards, Bokmål and Nynorsk.
C. Norwegian (administrative)
Norwegian (administrative) is the official form of the Norwegian language used for government, legal, and bureaucratic purposes in certain territories such as Greenland and Svalbard.
D. Old Norwegian
Old Norwegian is a historical North Germanic language variety spoken in medieval Norway that represents the early stage of the modern Norwegian language.
E. Bokmål
Bokmål is the most widely used written standard of the Norwegian language, employed in government, education, media, and everyday communication.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Norwegian language form ⓘ language variety ⓘ standard language ⓘ written standard ⓘ
basedOn	Western Norwegian dialects ⓘ rural Norwegian dialects ⓘ
belongsTo	Norwegian linguistic policy ⓘ
contrastsWith	Bokmål ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
developedInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	New Norwegian written standard ⓘ linked to: New Norwegian Nynorsk ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	based on spoken dialects rather than Danish-influenced written tradition ⓘ less influenced by Danish than Bokmål ⓘ reflects rural Norwegian speech patterns ⓘ
hasDomain	culture ⓘ education ⓘ literature ⓘ public administration ⓘ
hasEducationalRequirement	taught as written standard in Norwegian schools ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	co-official written standard with Bokmål ⓘ
hasNumberOfUsers	minority of Norwegian population ⓘ
hasOfficialUseSince	early 20th century ⓘ
hasPrimaryRegionOfUse	Western Norway ⓘ rural areas of Norway ⓘ
hasType	standardized written language ⓘ
influencedBy	Old Norse ⓘ linked to: Old Norse language Old Norwegian ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European languages ⓘ linked to: Indo-European language family North Germanic languages ⓘ
officialStatus	official written language of Norway ⓘ one of two official written standards of Norwegian ⓘ
partOf	Norwegian language ⓘ
regulator	Norwegian Language Council ⓘ Språkrådet ⓘ linked to: Norwegian Language Council
usedFor	creative writing and literature in Norway ⓘ local government communication in parts of Norway ⓘ official documents in Norway ⓘ
usedIn	Norwegian education system ⓘ Norwegian literature ⓘ Norwegian media ⓘ Norwegian public administration ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nynorsk → hasAlternativeName → New Norwegian ⓘ

European route E12 → hasLanguageVariantName → E12 (Norwegian) ⓘ

linked to: New Norwegian

New Norwegian → hasAlternativeName → New Norwegian written standard ⓘ