Language code: nb

Technical information about ISO 639 language code nb

The table below provides technical details for the Norwegian Bokmål language, designated by the nb code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

nb

Name

Official

Norwegian Bokmål

Native

Norsk bokmål

Family
Germanic
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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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