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  1. Aasen, Ivar Andreas 1813-1896.
  2. Norwegian philologist, poet, and playwright.
  3. Through a study of rural dialects he evolved
  4. by 1853 a native `country language', which he
  5. called Landsmaal, to take the place of
  6. literary Dano-Norwegian.
  7.  
  8. Subject by: Russell Webb
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