Norwegian Bokmål

nb · norsk bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål (nb) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 5.5M speakers. It is an official language in Norway and Svalbard & Jan Mayen. CLDR has 3 locales for it.

Native namenorsk bokmål
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers5.5Mestimated
Countries2
Locales3
Plural forms2one, other

Overview

Code
nb
Native name
norsk bokmål
Script
Latin Latn
Likely region
🇳🇴 Norway
Direction
Left to right
Plural categories
  • one
  • other
Ordinal categories
  • other

Where it is spoken

CountryStatusShare of population
🇳🇴 NorwayOfficial100%
🇸🇯 Svalbard & Jan MayenOfficial51%

Plural categories

CategoryExamples
one1
other0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …