Modern Norwegian
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Modern Norwegian is the Norwegian language spoken and written in Norway after the Middle Norwegian transition period (1350-1536). The transition to Modern Norwegian is usually dated to 1525, or 1536, the year of the Protestant Reformation and the beginning of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway (1536-1814). One often contrasts Modern Norwegian to Danish and Dano-Norwegian, but at the same time Danish and Dano-Norwegian has had a substantial impact on Modern Norwegian dialects.
The Norwegian linguistic term for "Modern Norwegian" is "Nynorsk", literally "New Norwegian". However, this is not the same as the written standard Nynorsk, an orthography based on Norwegian dialects created in the 19th century by Ivar Aasen. This is one of the two official orthographies of Modern Norwegian, the other being Bokmål which has Danish and Dano-Norwegian roots.
In contrast to Old Norse language, Modern Norwegian has simplified inflections and a more fixed syntax. Low German vocabulary is to a considerable degree substituted for Old Norse, and this is the main reason why Modern Norwegian, together with Danish and Swedish, is no longer mutually intelligible with Insular Nordic (Icelandic and Faroese); see North Germanic languages.
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