[nee-nawrsk, -nohrsk; Norw. ny-nawshk] 
| a literary language based on western Norwegian dialects and Old Norse and in 1885 adopted as one of the two official languages of Norway. |
| Lands·mål (länts'môl') n. See New Norwegian. [Norwegian : land, country (from Old Norse; see lendh- in Indo-European roots) + mål, speech (from Old Norse māl).] |
| New Norwegian n. A Norwegian national standard language based on spoken, especially rural, dialects. Devised in 1853, it was recognized as a second national language in 1885. Also called Landsmål, Nynorsk. |
mɔl