Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>
>> John Cowan wrote:
>>
>>> Benct Philip Jonsson scripsit:
>>>
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>>>
>>>> IME it is the other way around in most modern standard languages
>>>> (excepting English): standard pronunciation is based on the standard
>>>> orthography!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> IIRC Norwegian does not have a standard dialect either.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> No, it has two.
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>
>
> Bokmaal & Nynorsk are written standards, not spoken varieties.
> IIRC, there are no standard dialects (that is, spoken varieties).
>
My stepsiblings speak Bokmål, rather than the local dialect. This is
apparently becoming more and more the case in Norway - Bokmål and
Nynorsk are taking over territory previously occupied by the dialect.