Danish language
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Danish is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 5.5 million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Green
The first page of the Jutlandic Law originally from 1241 in Codex Holmiensis, copied in 1350. The first sentence is: "Mæth logh skal land byggas" Modern orthography: "Med lov skal land bygges" English translation: 'With law shall a country be built'
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Danish label reading militærpoliti 'military police', on a police vehicle
Learn Danish banner in Flensburg, Germany, where it is an officially recognized regional language
Bokmål
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Bokmål is one of the official written standards for the Norwegian language, alongside Nynorsk. Bokmål is by far the most used written form of Norwegian today, as it is adopted by around 90% of the pop
Knud Knudsen, often called the "father of Bokmål"
Poster from a campaign against mandatory Samnorsk, c. 1955
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