Language code: nb
Technical information about ISO 639 language code nb
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The table below provides technical details for the Norwegian Bokmål language, designated by the nb code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Norwegian Bokmål Native Norsk bokmål |
| Family | Germanic |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Conservative BokmålModerate BokmålRadical Bokmål |
| Related languages | Norwegian NynorskDanishSwedish |
| Key facts | Evolved from the Danish writing tradition used in Norway until the 19th centuryUses 29-letter Latin alphabet, adding Æ, Ø and ÅWritten Bokmål is highly mutually intelligible with Danish and SwedishNorms are regulated by the Language Council of NorwayStandard Østnorsk (Urban East Norwegian) is the spoken variety most closely aligned with Bokmål. |
| Sample phrase | Hei, hvordan har du det? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Norwegian Bokmål belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically within the Germanic subgroup. It is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language officially used in Norway. It is written using the Latin script (Norwegian alphabet). It is estimated that there are more than 4.7 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Norwegian Bokmål speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
nb-NO – Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)
nb-SJ – Norwegian Bokmål (Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
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Documentation
- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
Resources
- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ