Kven language
The Kven language is a Finnic language spoken in northern Norway by the Kven people.
| Kven | |
|---|---|
| Kainun kieli | |
| Native to |  Norway |
Native speakers | 2,000 – 10,000 (2011)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | Kven language board |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | fkv |
| ISO 639-3 | fkv |
| ELP | Kven Finnish |
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[change | change source]
- ↑ Kven at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ "Kvensk". Store norse lexicon. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
