Nynorsk - Western Norwegian only?

Pasir   Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:44 am GMT
Hei!

Why does Nynorsk focus on features of Western Norwegian dialects? How about the Eastern and Northern ones?

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Guest   Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:32 am GMT
try this map
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Norwegianmalforms.png

PS
Eastern and Northern dialects were heavily Danishfied during the Danish rule, so they departed from the real Norwegian.
Guest   Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:43 am GMT
1. Norwegian was originally a (the) West Scandinavian language.
2. Modern Norwegian (all dialects) resembles modern East Scandinavian languages more closely than other West Scandinavian languages.
3. Western dialects have generally kept more traits associated with old West Scandinavian.
4. Bokmål is based on Danish, a East Scandinavian language.
5. Nynorsk is based most on the diaclets with most old West Scandinavian traits.