approach was founded by Ivar Aasen. The other approach was to use the dano-norwegian that a lot of people already used, and standardize it a gradually changing the danish words into Norwegian. This idea was founded by Knud knudsen, and is what lead to bokmål. These two different approaches battled in what later was known as the language conflict of Norway. Knud Knudsen and Ivar Aasen’s rivalry occurred in the the middle of the 19th century. At that time the theories and focus when planning language was
obscure language spoken by a few people in an isolated corner of the world goes out of existence? The last speaker died, is how the story began. Not long ago, after having an epic battle with the Bokmal, the Nynorsk was sent to the infinite oblivion. Norwegian population preferred to adapt the Bokmal to their modern lifestyle. Throughout history, languages have been victimized by malevolous political, social and economic forces. These dominant factors can reach languages at any hidden corner of
The textbook for this class implies that no single definition of culture can be made without alienating specific aspects of certain cultures. That being said the authors of the textbook created the best definition they could without excluding any elements. “[Culture is] the thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups” (Jarvis, 2012, p.14). This definition clearly states that there are many different cultures throughout our world
Norway is made up of 118,834 square miles mainland, with much of its territory having vast, yet rugged, coastal borders with the North Sea, the North Atlantic Sea, and the Norwegian Sea. This is important when it comes to trade, given their Viking history as a seafaring nation. Today, Norway is broken up into geographical regions all naturally divided by mountain ranges. The four regions are Ostlandet, Trondelag, Vestlandet, and Nord-Norge. Norway sits on the shifting edge of climates. To the
rate of 1.15 migrants/1,000 population; an infant mortality rate of 6.1 deaths/1,000 live births; and a life expectancy at birth of Total Population: 77.61 years, Male: 74.26 years, Female: 81.15 years. The official language of Norway has two forms. Bokmål, or "book language," is used in most written works and is spoken by more than 80 percent of the people, especially those living in urban areas. English is taught in schools beginning at age 11 and is widely spoken as a second language. Communication
Norway & El Salvador Norway and El Salvador by no means have many similarities if any at all, for instance the official language in Norway is Bokmal Norwegian while El Salvador's official language is Spanish. Not only are their languages different but so are their religious beliefs with Norway having 82.1% of its population belonging to the Church of Norway making their official religion Evangelical Lutheran and El Salvador having 57.1% of its population being Roman Catholic and going to a Roman
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Norway is located in Scandinavia and is north of Denmark and west of Sweden and has 323,802 square kilometers of land with 25,148 km of coastline. The capital is Oslo, which is located on the southern coast of the country. The national languages are Bokmal Norwegian and Nynorsk Norwegian, although English is widely spoken (CIA World Factbook, 2014). Out of all of the Scandinavian countries, Norway is the most mountainous and has one of the coldest environments. Two-thirds of Norway is covered in very