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Language code: nno

Technical information about ISO 639 language code nno

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The table below provides technical details for the Norwegian Nynorsk language, designated by the nno code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

nno

Name

Official

Norwegian Nynorsk

Native

Norsk nynorsk

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Western NorwegianTrønderskEastern NorwegianNorthern Norwegian
Related languages
Norwegian BokmålSwedishDanish
Key facts
Created by linguist Ivar Aasen in the 19th century to unify rural dialectsEmploys a 29-letter Latin alphabet that includes æ, ø and åWriters may choose between primary and optional word-forms, giving texts a dialectal flavourMaintains higher retention of Old Norse morphology than Bokmål while still being largely mutually intelligibleA conservative off-shoot known as Høgnorsk preserves pre-1917 spelling norms.
Sample phrase

Hallo, korleis har du det?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Norwegian Nynorsk language, identified by the code nno, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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