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Bokmål ( Urban East Norwegian: [ˈbûːkmoːɫ] ) ( UK : / ˈ b uː k m ɔː l / , US : / ˈ b ʊ k -, ˈ b oʊ k -/ ; lit.   ' book-tongue ' ) is one of the official written standards for the Norwegian language , alongside Nynorsk . Bokmål is by far the most used written form of Norwegian today, as it is adopted by 85% to 90% of the population in Norway . There is no countrywide standard or agreement on the pronunciation of Bokmål and the spoken dialects vary greatly.

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68-417: The Longest Journey ( Bokmål : Den Lengste Reisen ) is a 1999 point-and-click adventure video game , developed by Norwegian studio Funcom for Microsoft Windows ; an iOS version was later developed and released on October 28, 2014, but was never upgraded for compatibility for the 64-bit only iOS 11 and later. Written by Ragnar Tørnquist, the story sees players assume the role of a young art student who

136-520: A co-official language. The term Riksmål ( Rigsmaal ), meaning National Language , was first proposed by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1899 as a name for the Norwegian variety of written Danish as well as spoken Dano-Norwegian. It was borrowed from Denmark where it denoted standard written and spoken Danish. The same year the Riksmål movement became organised under his leadership in order to fight against

204-534: A commercial hit for the country. Its English release was purposely delayed to prevent imports from cannibalizing local sales across Europe. The game struggled to find a North American publisher. According to market research firm PC Data , North American sales of the game reached 12,495 retail units by the end of 2000, of which 10,873 were sold in December. By January 2001, global sales totaled almost 200,000 units. PC Data reported an additional 40,160 retail sales of

272-623: A fact that he believed increased its commercial success. The game was named the best computer adventure game of 2000 by Computer Gaming World in its 2001 Premier Awards, The Electric Playground ' s Blister 2000 Awards, GameSpot ' s Best and Worst of 2000 Awards, IGN ' s Best of 2000 Awards in Editor's Choice (which was also a runner-up in Reader's Choice) and the Seventh Annual PC Gamer Awards, and

340-595: A false identification by which to infiltrate the Vanguard through its front company MTI. Meeting Cortez and Father Raul in a Catholic cathedral, April is told that Arcadia is on the brink of war. Later in Arcadia, April meets the innkeeper, Benrime Salmin, and the clairvoyant Abnaxus, ambassador of the Venar, who identifies the coming danger. In the morning, April learns of four magical species, each of whom has prophecies of

408-610: A homeless boy who agrees to help April if she erases his criminal record and locates his missing sister, in doing which April finds a data cube on the Church of Voltec. Hughes then refers her to a hacker named Burns Flipper, who reveals that the wealthy magnate Jacob McAllen is head of the Vanguard, assisted by Gordon Halloway, a former candidate for Guardianship divided by the Vanguard into Chaos (in Arcadia) and Logic (in Stark), and gives her

476-715: A language form regulated by the non-governmental organisation The Norwegian Academy of Language and Literature. It is based on pre-1938 Bokmål and has been regulated by The Academy as a private alternative to the official Bokmål spelling standard since the 1950s. Over time it has accepted widespread "radical" spellings into the Riksmål standard. Since the official Samnorsk policy was abolished, Riksmål and Bokmål have converged, and The Academy currently edits an online dictionary that covers both. The differences have diminished (now being comparable to American and British English differences ), but The Academy still upholds its own standard. Norway's most popular daily newspaper, Aftenposten ,

544-477: A little slow [and] a little dull, and [it] sometimes just doesn't make sense." Before its release, The Longest Journey received positive preview coverage and was heavily promoted in Norway. Dagbladet described the title as "the first big Norwegian computer game." Its target demographics were outside the industry's norm: Ragnar Tørnquist reported that Funcom wanted to capture "a more adult audience in addition to

612-577: A savior who will restore the Balance, only to finally break it – and determines to visit one such species, the winged Alatian of the island Alais, having gained sea-travel by rescuing a talking bird that she names Crow. Before departing, she learns that she must defeat an alchemist named Roper Klacks, in order to free the ships' wind that he holds captive. At Roper Klacks' Tower, April challenges Klacks to use his magic against her calculator, and wins. Immediately before her departure to Alais, Tobias gives April

680-402: A spin-off of the original game; and Dreamfall Chapters , an episodic sequel released over two years between 2014 and 2016. The Longest Journey is a point-and-click adventure game where the player interacts with objects on the screen to solve puzzles and advance the story. The game features expansive recorded dialogue, most of which is non-essential to completing the game but contributes to

748-505: A subsequent reform in 1917, so much so that he is now often called the "father of Bokmål". Since the creation of Landsmål , the Danish written in Norway was referred to as (det almindelige) Bogmaal , etc. ("(The ordinary) book language"), e.g. in Den norske Literatur fra 1814 indtil vore Dage (Hans Olaf Hansen, 1862), or the synonym Bogsprog , e.g. in the 1885 decision that adopted Landsmål as

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816-514: Is also a Sentinel Minstrum of Stark, and that Cortez is missing. On returning to her lodgings, April is caught by Gordon Halloway. She is rescued by another character, Lady Alvane, who teaches April to shift at will, and sends April to Abnaxus to receive the disc's final piece. April then returns to the White Dragon, who reveals herself as April's mother and dies, and a new White Dragon emerges from her egg. Returned to Stark, April gives Flipper

884-406: Is in fact often referred to as Standard Østnorsk ('Standard East Norwegian'). Standard Østnorsk ( lit.   ' 'Standard East Norwegian' ' ) or sometimes described as " Urban East Norwegian " is the pronunciation most commonly given in dictionaries. However, Standard Østnorsk as a spoken language is not used (and does not have prestige ) outside South-Eastern Norway. All spoken variations of

952-563: Is notable for its use of Riksmål as its standard language. Use of Riksmål is rigorously pursued, even with regard to readers' letters, which are "translated" into the standard. Aftenposten gave up its most markedly conservative "signal words" in 1990. While the specifics of the debate are unique to Norway, some parallels can be found in Austrian German and the One Standard German Axiom , which revolves over

1020-511: Is regulated by the governmental Language Council of Norway . A related, more conservative orthographic standard, commonly known as Riksmål , is regulated by the non-governmental Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature . The written standard is a Norwegianised variety of the Danish language . The first Bokmål orthography was officially adopted in 1907 under the name Riksmål after being under development since 1879. The architects behind

1088-636: Is thrust into an emerging situation that seeks to undo a delicate balance that has kept two worlds separate. The game's setting is notable for featuring locations set on two worlds - one being a futuristic version of Earth with many science fiction elements, and another incorporating elements of high fantasy . The game proved a commercial success upon release, selling in excess of 500,000 units by 2004, with critics praising it for its female protagonist and complex storyline, though with some criticism for some of its puzzles. Its success later spawned two sequels - Dreamfall : The Longest Journey in 2006, considered

1156-448: The de facto standard for spoken Bokmål. In The Phonology of Norwegian , Gjert Kristoffersen writes that Bokmål [...] is in its most common variety looked upon as reflecting formal middle-class urban speech, especially that found in the eastern part of Southern Norway [sic], with the capital Oslo as the obvious centre. One can therefore say that Bokmål has a spoken realisation that one might call an unofficial standard spoken Norwegian. It

1224-467: The logging industry for the transportation of logs, by tying them together into rafts and drifting or pulling them down a river. This method was very common up until the middle of the 20th century but is now used only rarely. Large rafts made of balsa logs and using sails for navigation were important in maritime trade on the Pacific Ocean coast of South America from pre-Columbian times until

1292-408: The "educated daily speech" had become the mother tongue of elites in most Norwegian cities, such as Bergen , Kristiania and Trondheim . This Dano-Norwegian koiné could be described as Danish with regional Norwegian pronunciation (see Norwegian dialects ), some Norwegian vocabulary, and simplified grammar. With the gradual subsequent process of Norwegianisation of the written language used in

1360-568: The 'White Dragon', who identifies her as the heroine of the coming story. Upon learning this, April is attacked by a dark 'Chaos Vortex' and awakens in Stark, where she dismisses her experience as a nightmare. The character 'Cortez' later surprises her by revealing his knowledge. When surreal activity begins affecting her friends, April meets again with Cortez, who transports her to the Arcadian city Marcuria. There she meets Tobias Grensret, Vestrum of

1428-508: The 1950s under the leadership of Arnulf Øverland . Riksmålsforbundet organised a parents' campaign against Samnorsk in 1951, and the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature was founded in 1953. Because of this resistance, the 1959 reform was relatively modest, and some of the common traditional Danish spellings and inflections were admitted back into the standard through the reforms in 1981 and 2005. Currently, Riksmål denotes

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1496-559: The 19th century. Voyages were made to locations as far away as Mexico, and many trans-Pacific voyages using replicas of ancient rafts have been undertaken to demonstrate possible contacts between South America and Polynesia . The type of raft used for recreational rafting is almost exclusively an inflatable raft , manufactured of flexible materials for use on whitewater . In biology , particularly in island biogeography , non-manmade rafts are an important concept. Such rafts consist of matted clumps of vegetation that has been swept off

1564-408: The Danish standard, which became used for virtually all administrative documents. Norwegians used Danish primarily in writing, but it gradually came to be spoken by urban elites on formal or official occasions. Although Danish never became the spoken language of the vast majority of the population, by the time Norway's ties with Denmark were severed in 1814, a Dano-Norwegian vernacular often called

1632-552: The English version. In October 2011, it was announced that The Longest Journey was being ported to iOS , with the article mainly focusing on the iPhone . The PC version received "universal acclaim" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . It was praised for its female protagonist April Ryan , who is considered one of the most memorable female characters in the history of adventure games , and also for its enigmatic, complex storyline and high production values, but

1700-589: The Guardians' Tower, she imprisons the Chaos Vortex in her Talisman and later summons Crow, who helps her complete the necessary trials. Inside the tower, April re-unites Halloway with the Chaos Vortex to restore his candidacy as Guardian and returns to Stark and Arcadia. In the Epilogue, the scene returns to Lady Alvane's home, where she has narrated the entire story to two youths, and where she reveals that

1768-458: The Norwegian language are used in the Storting (parliament) and in Norwegian national broadcasters such as NRK and TV 2 , even in cases where the conventions of Bokmål are used. The spoken variation typically reflects a speaker's native region. Up until about 1300, the written language of Norway, Old Norwegian , was essentially the same as the other Old Norse dialects . The speech, however,

1836-556: The Oslofjord area) and written Danish; and subsequently Riksmål and Bokmål, which primarily inherited their non-Oslo elements from Danish. The present-day Oslo dialect is also influenced by other Eastern Norwegian dialects. The following table shows some important cases where traditional Bokmål and Standard Østnorsk followed Danish rather than the traditional Oslo dialect as it is commonly portrayed in literature about Norwegian dialects. In many of these cases, radical Bokmål follows

1904-574: The Riksmål movement, and Riksmålsvernet (The Society for the Protection of Riksmål) was founded in 1919. In 1929, the parliament voted to rename the written standards. Bokmål was re-introduced as the official name for the Dano-Norwegian standard, replacing Riksmål , while Landsmål was renamed Nynorsk . In 1938 both written standards were heavily reformed and many common spellings and grammatical endings were made mandatory. This meant

1972-510: The Sentinel; learns Alltongue, the common language in Arcadia; and hears from Tobias that the Balance protecting both worlds is dissolving after the dereliction of its Guardian, and must be restored by the appearance of another. To return to Stark, April visits Brian Westhouse, a friend of Cortez, who assists her return; Cortez then tells her of the organization known as the Vanguard or Church of Voltec. The next day, April consults Warren Hughes,

2040-465: The Talisman representing the Balance. En route , April kills the monster known as 'Gribbler' while rescuing one of her captive Banda, whose species later give her the name 'April Bandu-embata' as a mark of gratitude and grant her part of the disc necessary to restore the Balance. On the voyage to Alais, a 'Chaos Storm' attacks the ship, and April sabotages the ship's compass to restore its course. When

2108-473: The U.S. The game sold 15,000 units in Norway by May 2000, while overall European sales totaled 100,000 units by September 2000. It launched in Germany with a shipment of 40,000 units to retailers; Chris Kellner of DTP Entertainment , which handled the game's German localization, reported its lifetime sales between 10,000 and 50,000 units in that market. In Spain, the game sold 50,000 units after roughly one year,

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2176-418: The advent of Nynorsk in the 19th century, a written language based on rural Modern Norwegian dialects and puristic opposition to the Danish and Dano-Norwegian spoken in Norwegian cities. The following table shows a few central differences between Bokmål and Danish. Most natives of Oslo today speak a dialect that is an amalgamation of vikværsk (which is the technical term for the traditional dialects in

2244-472: The cities of Norway, from Danish to Bokmål and Riksmål, the upper-class sociolects in the cities changed accordingly. In 1814, when Norway was ceded from Denmark to Sweden , Norway defied Sweden and her allies, declared independence and adopted a democratic constitution. Although compelled to submit to a dynastic union with Sweden, this spark of independence continued to burn, influencing the evolution of language in Norway. Old language traditions were revived by

2312-401: The dawn of humanity. Traditional or primitive rafts were constructed of wood, bamboo or reeds ; early buoyed or float rafts use inflated animal skins or sealed clay pots which are lashed together. Modern float rafts may also use pontoons , drums , or extruded polystyrene blocks. Depending on its use and size, it may have a superstructure , masts, or rudders. Timber rafting is used by

2380-592: The dry land by a storm , tsunami , tide , earthquake or similar event; in modern times they sometimes also incorporate other kind of flotsam and jetsam , e.g. plastic containers. They stay afloat by its natural buoyancy and can travel for hundreds, even thousands of miles and are ultimately destroyed by wave action and decomposition , or make landfall. Rafting events are important means of oceanic dispersal for non-flying animals. For amphibians , reptiles , and small mammals , in particular, but for many invertebrates as well, such rafts of vegetation were often

2448-400: The game "sold half a million copies worldwide and it's still selling, making it one of the most successful adventure games in recent years." The following year, IGN reported that its sales had surpassed 500,000 units. The site's Richard Aihoshi summarized the game as "a critical and commercial success". In 2019, Tørnquist recalled that "at least 50 per cent" of the game's players were female,

2516-505: The game in North America during the first six months of 2001. By that June, the game's worldwide sales had climbed to 250,000 units, of which the U.S. accounted for 90,000. PC Data's estimate for the title's North American sales for January–December 2001 was 71,962 retail units, followed by another 12,044 in the first six months of 2002. By July 2002, global sales of the game had reached 450,000 units, according to Funcom. A new shipment

2584-475: The game's first month and a half on shelves, and publisher IQ Media noted that sell-through and store re-orders were high through late December. Sell-in had reached 10,000 units in Sweden by that time. Based on the available data, IQ's Nickolay Nickelsen noted that it "looks as if half of the players are actually girls." According to Tørnquist, the game experienced "solid sales across Europe" before its release in

2652-597: The growing influence of Nynorsk, eventually leading to the foundation of the non-governmental organisation Riksmålsforbundet in 1907, which he led until his death in 1910. The 1907 reform documents do not mention the language by name, but the term Riksmål eventually caught on and was adopted by the Ministry of Church and Education in the years leading up to the 1917 spelling reform, appearing in its 1908 publication Utredning av spørsmaalet om et mulig samarbeide mellem landsmaal og riksmaal i retskrivningen ("Investigation of

2720-579: The journey inward, for he who has chosen his destiny has started upon his quest for the source of his being." Other inspirations for the game included Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers , Neil Gaiman 's The Sandman and The Books of Magic , Hellblazer , Swamp Thing , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and Joss Whedon 's writing in general. The Longest Journey was developed by a small internal team at Funcom led by Ragnar Tørnquist . It

2788-491: The kind of standard to be used in a non-dominant country. In the Norwegian discourse, the term Dano-Norwegian is seldom used with reference to contemporary Bokmål and its spoken varieties. The nationality of the language has been a hotly debated topic, and its users and proponents have generally not been fond of the implied association with Danish (hence the neutral names Riksmål and Bokmål , meaning state language and book language respectively). The debate intensified with

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2856-422: The patriotic poet Henrik Wergeland (1808–1845), who championed an independent non-Danish written language. Haugen indicates that: "Within the first generation of liberty, two solutions emerged and won adherents, one based on the speech of the upper class and one on that of the common people. The former called for Norwegianisation of the Danish writing, the latter for a brand new start." The more conservative of

2924-426: The puzzles were described as "inane", but on the whole the game "hones the genre into its tightest, sharpest form yet". The US edition of PC Gamer praised the "mature and magical" story, the "sumptuous" graphics, and the game's puzzles. The only criticism levied by the magazine was that some parts of the game might be "too edgy" for younger players. AllGame gave it a score of four stars out of five, saying that it

2992-426: The question of a possible cooperation between Landmål and Riksmål with regards to orthography"). Through this work an official policy to merge the standards (to a common Samnorsk ) through spelling reforms came to be. In line with these plans, the 1917 reform introduced some elements from Norwegian dialects and Nynorsk as optional alternatives to traditional Dano-Norwegian forms. The reform met some resistance from

3060-415: The reform were Marius Nygaard and Jacob Jonathan Aars. It was an adaptation of written Danish - commonly used since the past union with Denmark - to Dano-Norwegian , the koiné spoken by the Norwegian urban elite, especially in the capital. When the large conservative newspaper Aftenposten adopted the 1907 orthography in 1923, Danish writing was practically out of use in Norway. The name Bokmål

3128-548: The removal of many traditional Dano-Norwegian forms in Bokmål, a decision that was harshly criticised by the Riksmål movement for being too radical and premature. While it criticised the adoption of Nynorsk spellings, it initially also expressed support for making the orthography more phonemic , for instance by removing silent h's in interrogative pronouns (which was done in Swedish a few years earlier). The resistance culminated in

3196-838: The second part of the Balance's disc; whereupon the Maerum convey April, at her own request, to the Blue Dragon, who gives April one of the disc's Jewels and takes her to a ship inhabited by the Dark People, who give April the third piece of the disc, and an astral map locating the Guardian's Realm. At the Marcurian Harbor, April is attacked by the Chaos and returns to the Cathedral in Stark. There, Father Raul reveals that he

3264-627: The second prophecy by killing a 'Snapjaw', she is conveyed to fulfill the third by re-uniting the Maerum with the Alatians. After a series of tasks and in meeting with the Alatians' leader, April fulfills their prophecy by flying without wings, and convinces the Alatian to make peace with the Maerum. In a coastal sea cave, the Teller's guard and the Maerum Queen bring stones which combine to form

3332-463: The second-best adventure game ever released. A sequel to The Longest Journey began production in early 2003. The game, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey , was released in April 2006. The developers viewed the sequel as more of a spin-off than a direct sequel to the first game, as it revolves around a new protagonist, with a new storyline. The next installment of the series, Dreamfall Chapters ,

3400-405: The setting. The game takes place in the parallel universes of magic-dominated Arcadia and industrial Stark. The protagonist, April Ryan , is an 18-year-old art student living in Stark, identified as a 'Shifter' capable of movement between these worlds, and tasked with restoring their essential Balance. The story begins in Stark, where a sleeping April unintentionally shifts to Arcadia and meets

3468-400: The ship's captain seizes her Talisman, April attempts to retrieve it, and in so doing sinks the ship, whereupon the crew abandon her on a raft . She is taken prisoner by the Maerum, a Mermaid -like species related to the Alatian, but currently their enemies. In revealing their common ancestry, April fulfills a prophecy of the 'Waterstiller', a foretold savior of the Maerum. After fulfilling

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3536-415: The star map to decipher, infiltrates MTI, and is captured by antagonist McAllen. Unable to escape, she surrenders her two jewels and the disc, and is then imprisoned. Upon escaping in pursuit of her object, she is trapped again; but rescued by Cortez. McAllen then reveals that he and Cortez are two Dragons (called 'Draic Kin', in-universe) meant to protect Stark, but at odds after McAllen's decision to re-unite

3604-720: The traditional Oslo dialect and Nynorsk, and these forms are also given. Closest match to the traditional Oslo dialect. However, Bokmål uses ku "cow" and (now archaic) su "sow" exclusively. Raft A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull . Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood , sealed barrels , or inflated air chambers (such as pontoons ), and are typically not propelled by an engine. Rafts are an ancient mode of transport; naturally-occurring rafts such as entwined vegetation and pieces of wood have been used to traverse water since

3672-405: The two language transitions was advanced by the work of writers like Peter Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe , schoolmaster and agitator for language reform Knud Knudsen , and Knudsen's famous disciple, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , as well as a more cautious Norwegianisation by Henrik Ibsen . In particular, Knudsen's work on language reform in the mid-19th century was important for the 1907 orthography and

3740-454: The two worlds despite the risk of Chaos. The two then appear to die in combat. Retrieving the disc and the four jewels, April returns to Flipper, whom she finds dying after the seizure of her deciphered map by Gordon Halloway, and gains a copy from him, which she uses to locate the Guardian's Realm near the space station 'Morning Star'. At the station, April frees Adrian, the derelict Guardian, and escapes with Halloway in pursuit. On her way to

3808-401: The two worlds re-united under Gordon Halloway. Upon their departure, an aged and graying Crow enters, asking the tale of the "warrior princess" who won the war of the Balance, and she corrects his impression; a possible reference to the sequel, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey . The title of the game is a reference to the quote by the Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld : "The longest journey is

3876-422: The usual teenage buyers". The game's high budget meant that 150,000 sales were necessary to break even . However, Norway's market for games was small. According to Herman Berg of Digi.no , it was rare for a game's Norwegian sales to reach 10,000 units. The game's domestic sales goal was 15,000 units, while its global lifetime goal was 300,000 units. Funcom shipped 15,000 units of the game to Norwegian retailers in

3944-557: The weaker member of the union. During this period, the modern Danish and Norwegian languages emerged. Norwegian went through a Middle Norwegian transition, and a Danish written language more heavily influenced by Low German was gradually standardised. This process was aided by the Reformation , which prompted Christiern Pedersen 's translation of the Bible into Danish. Remnants of written Old Norse and Norwegian were thus displaced by

4012-528: Was "definitely not the kind of game everyone will appreciate and, in fact, may be unplayable after five minutes for some gamers. However, for anyone willing to give it half a chance, the game can provide the same kind of enthralling entertainment as the most meticulously crafted mystery novel or film, perhaps even rekindling a lost sense of wonder in the way reality really works." Eric Bratcher of NextGen , however, called it "a potential epic that seems to have taken tranquilizers. It's still worthwhile, but it's also

4080-621: Was also nominated for The Electric Playground ' s "Best Game of the Year" award, which went to Deus Ex . Computer Gaming World ' s staff praised the game for offering "a mature, literate, and compelling story featuring a strong female heroine who, for once, is not exploited for her looks." The game was a finalist for the " Sound Design " award at the AIAS ' 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , which ultimately went to Medal of Honor: Underground . In 2011, Adventure Gamers named it

4148-436: Was criticized for some of its more obscure puzzles. GameSpot called it "one of the best adventure games in years" and applauded the "complex and interesting story", but found the ending lacking as "the epilogue does little to wrap everything up". IGN said the game "actually reinvents how stories can be told in the medium" and noticed the mature content, including "harsh subject matter, and some big time swearing". Some of

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4216-541: Was crowd-funded on Kickstarter and was released episodically . Its first episode was released in October 2014. The last episode shipped in June 2016. Plans for a direct sequel to The Longest Journey , entitled The Longest Journey Home , were revealed in 2013. In 2016, Ragnar Tørnquist stated that even though he wants to produce the game, there are many reasons why it may never happen. Bokm%C3%A5l language Bokmål

4284-426: Was gradually differentiated into local and regional dialects. As long as Norway remained an independent kingdom , the written language remained essentially constant. In 1380, Norway entered into a personal union with Denmark. By the early 16th century, Norway had lost its separate political institutions, and together with Denmark formed the political unit known as Denmark–Norway until 1814, progressively becoming

4352-449: Was nominated in the category by CNET Gamecenter ' s Computer Game Awards for 2000 and Computer Games Magazine (the latter whose winner remains unknown). It also won IGN ' s "Best Game No One Played" and GameSpot ' s "Best Story" awards, and was a runner-up for the former website's "Best Storyline" award in Editor's Choice, and for the latter website's "Best Graphics, Artistic" award, which went to Sacrifice . The game

4420-470: Was officially adopted in 1929 after a proposition to call the written language Dano-Norwegian lost by a single vote in the Lagting . The government does not regulate spoken Bokmål and recommends that normalised pronunciation should follow the phonology of the speaker's local dialect. Nevertheless, there is a spoken variety of Norwegian that, in the region of South-Eastern Norway , is commonly seen as

4488-425: Was released in North America that month, as its earlier printing had sold out. Ragnar Tørnquist noted in 2003 that he was "very satisfied" with the game's sales in North America, and explained, "There was such strong word of mouth, and so many great reviews, that we managed to get TLJ into most big stores and out to the players regardless of marketing." In May 2003, Marek Bronstring of Adventure Gamers wrote that

4556-424: Was their first original project. Funcom put few restrictions on the developers except the budget (approx. $ 2–3 million) and the deadline. Since the team had to develop the game engine and most of the required tools from scratch, they struggled to release the game on time. For most of 1999, the team had to work overtime and during weekends to ultimately meet the deadline. In the original Norwegian release, April Ryan

4624-661: Was voiced by the journalist Synnøve Svabø . First published by IQ Media Nordic in Norway in 1999, it was later localized for and released in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia, and the United States. The game was originally written and recorded in English, though most of the localizations were released before

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