Kven language
The Kven language is a Finnic language spoken in northern Norway by the Kven people.
Kven | ||||
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kainun kieli | ||||
Native to | Norway | |||
Native speakers | 2,000 – 10,000 (2011)[1] | |||
Language family | ||||
Writing system | Latin | |||
Official status | ||||
Regulated by | Kven language board | |||
Language codes | ||||
ISO 639-2 | fkv | |||
ISO 639-3 | fkv | |||
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In 2005 the language was officially given minority status in Norway.[2] This was for political and historical reasons. The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages has rules for the signs of a minority language. Linguistically, however, it is seen as a mutually intelligible dialect of the Finnish language. Because of this it is grouped together with the Peräpohjola dialects, such as Meänkieli, spoken in Torne Valley in Sweden.
References
- ↑ Kven at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ "Kvensk". Store norse lexicon. Retrieved 21 September 2017.