Landsmål


Lands·mål

L0038400 (länts′môl′)n. See New Norwegian.
[Norwegian : land, country (from Old Norse; see lendh- in Indo-European roots) + mål, speech (from Old Norse māl).]

Landsmål

(ˈlɑːntsmoːl) n (Languages) another name for Nynorsk

Ny•norsk

(ˈni nɔrsk, -noʊrsk; Norw. ˈnüˌnɔʃk)

n. a literary form of Norwegian devised in the 19th century, largely on the basis of W Norwegian dialects. Compare Bokmål. [< Norwegian: literally, new Norwegian]
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Noun1.Landsmal - one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialectsLandsmaal, New Norwegian, NynorskNorwegian - a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway