Compare and Contrast of GERMANIC Languages

Are there some categories of people who tend to prefer Nynorsk?

And what variant is preferred at schools, universities...in the media?

Ljosalfar and Frank:
Here you can read all about Norwegian, Bokmål and Nynorsk:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language

The big majority of Norwegians use Bokmål. Nynorsk is mostly used in rural areas and in western Norway. Both language norms are used on all levels of society, from school to university, media and government publications.

Note that Bokmål and Nynorsk are only written standards. For oral communication dialects are used.

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