Torne Valley Finnish

E367598
Finnic language Uralic language minority language regional language

Torne Valley Finnish, also known as Meänkieli, is a Finnic minority language spoken primarily in Sweden’s Torne Valley region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Torne Valley Finnish canonical 3
Tornedalian Finnish 2

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnic language ⓘ
Finnic language ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
regional language ⓘ
alternativeName Meänkieli ⓘ
Torne Valley Finnish ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Finnish ⓘ
Kven language ⓘ
countryOfRecognition Sweden ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tornedalians ⓘ
hasDialects Haparanda dialect ⓘ
Pajala dialect ⓘ
Övertorneå dialect ⓘ
hasRegulatoryOrAdvocacyBody Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (for Meänkieli) ⓘ
influencedBy Swedish language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code fit ⓘ
languageFamily Finnic ⓘ
Uralic languages ⓘ
surface form: Uralic
lexicalSimilarityWith Meänkieli ⓘ
surface form: Finnish
recognizedAsMinorityLanguageSince 2000 ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Sweden ⓘ
region Torne River valley ⓘ
surface form: Torne River Valley

Tornedalen ⓘ
spokenBy Tornedalians ⓘ
spokenIn Norrbotten County ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Torne Valley ⓘ
northern Sweden ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
subgroupOf Finnish language continuum ⓘ
usedIn education in parts of Norrbotten County ⓘ
local media in northern Sweden ⓘ
usesOrthographyBasedOn Finnish orthography ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meänkieli → hasAlternativeName → Torne Valley Finnish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tornedalian Finnish
Meänkieli → hasAlternativeName → Torne Valley Finnish ⓘ
Torne Valley Finnish → alternativeName → Torne Valley Finnish ⓘ
subject surface form: Meänkieli
Meän kieli → alsoKnownAs → Torne Valley Finnish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tornedalian Finnish
Meän kieli → alsoKnownAs → Torne Valley Finnish ⓘ