noun
or lands·maal ˈlän(t)ˌsmȯl
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Norwegian landsmål (formerly spelled landsmaal ), from land country, land + mål speech
: a literary form of Norwegian based on the spoken dialects of Norway that dates from a grammar and dictionary by Ivar Aasen about 1850 and was designed as a national language distinct from that of Denmark — called also New Norse ; compare riksmål