Norwegian Language                                                                           

One of the most fascinating ways to learn about a culture is by learning the language. Norwegian is spoken by 4 to 5 million people worldwide. There are several dialects of Norwegian, but only two official dialects as sanctioned by law: Bokmål ("book Norwegian") and Nynorsk ("new Norwegian"). Although Norwegians are educated in both official languages, about 85% of Norwegians and 92% of the publications in Norway use Bokmål.

Below are some links about the Norwegian language:

• Klar Tale has a weekly, on-line Norwegian newspaper written in simpler language for beginners. Check it out here!
• Klar Tale's weekly news, read slowly for beginners, can be downloaded here!
• Norwegian in 5 minutes a month (Sons of Norway Language Tutorial)
• Norwegian for Beginners (You must have a program that can read Adobe PDF files to access this file.)