It can be summed up this way:
Most Bokmålites use no: for Bokmål and nn: for Nynorsk.
Most Nynorskians use no: for *both*, nb: for Bokmål, and nn: for Nynorsk.
The intention is that no: should apply to the "Norwegian language".
Many (but by no means all) Bokmålites despise Nynorsk (a Norwegian
must be proficient in both forms in order to graduate), and see Bokmål
as "Norsk", THE Norwegian language, and Nynorsk as "Nynorsk", the
Cinderella of the Scandinavian tongues (with the exception of those
which are disputed, for example Jamskt, Scanian, Gutnish, etc. which
some say are dialects and others say are languages, and Norn which is
beyond this world), a unique Norwegian creation that to many
Bokmålites is more of an annoying pest than it is an object of
linguistic nationalistic pride.
Nynorskians, however, being a minority, see it slightly differently.
Those who are passionate about Nynorsk may see Bokmål as not Norwegian
at all and Nynorsk as *the* Norwegian, but I think most Nynorsk users
see both Bokmål and Nynorsk as equally valid written varieties of the
Norwegian language.
A technical solution might be a bit difficult.
I think the best idea is to create nb: paralell to no:. People can
move those articles which are in Bokmål, and ONLY Bokmål will be
allowed there. Pages on no: would continue to exist and new pages
could be created, but...
Anyhow, I do *not* think it is OK to change the language name for no:
from "Norsk" to "Norsk (Bokmål)", as it is NOT the Bokmål Wikipedia.
Mark
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:21:10 -0500, Henry H. Tan-Tenn
<share2002nov(a)lomaji.com> wrote:
Brion Vibber ti 2004/11/10 EP 03:51 sia-kong:
On Nov 10, 2004, at 5:05 AM, Pochung(Pektiong)
Chen(Tan) wrote:
In ISO 639-3 we will have
nor= {nob, nno}, Norweigian (so called macrolanguage code)
nob= Norweigian Bokmal
nno= Norweigian Nynorsk
This doesn't really provide anything that ISO 639-1 doesn't already in
no, nb, nn.
Utility aside, the "no" in ISO 639-1 may not be semantically identical
to "nor" in ISO 639-3. Though how "no" has actually been used by
Norwegian users is probably more relevant.
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