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Because Norwegian grammar may affect the way words appear in genealogical records, the words in a dictionary or word list may be slightly different from their appearance in records. | Because Norwegian grammar may affect the way words appear in genealogical records, the words in a dictionary or word list may be slightly different from their appearance in records. | ||
=== Background === | |||
Most of the people in Norway speak Norwegian, a Scandinavian Germanic language closely related to Danish. There are two variants of the language: official Norwegian [''Bokmål'' or ''Riksmål''] strongly influenced by Danish; and country speech [''Landsmål''] also called new Norwegian [''Nynorsk''] which is based on local dialects. There are also communities of Lapps or Laplanders and Finns who came to Norway thousands of years ago. Many minority languages are now found among the recent immigrants.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Norway,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1998.</ref> | |||
=== Language Aids === | === Language Aids === | ||
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:NORWEGIAN - LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES. | :NORWEGIAN - LANGUAGE - DICTIONARIES. | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Norway Language and Handwriting]] | [[Category:Norway Language and Handwriting]] | ||