Norway has three official languages, Bokmål, (‘Book Language’), Nynorsk (‘New Norwegian’) and the Sámi language. Sámi is completely separate and only taught in Norwegian schools with Sámi pupils. The most commonly used is Bokmål which is heavily influenced by Danish, used in most written works and spoken by more than 80% of the population, especially those living in urban areas. It is the main language of instruction and broadcasting. Nynorsk was created in the mid-19th century and combines many rural dialects; legislation requires that it must be used in a certain percentage of schools and broadcast media. Around the country some 272 dialects of the Norwegian language continue to be spoken in rural areas. The Sámi minority people of North Norway speak their own languages but also learn Norwegian in school. Although Danes, Swedes and Norwegians can understand each other’s languages, only 4 million people in the world speak Norwegian. English is taught in all Norwegian schools and is spoken widely as a foreign language.