Kven language

E72591
Finnic language Uralic language minority language

Kven language is a minority Finnic language spoken by the Kven people in northern Norway, closely related to Finnish but recognized as a distinct language.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kven language canonical 16

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnic language ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Finnish language ⓘ
Meänkieli ⓘ
countryOfRecognition Norway ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName kainun kieli ⓘ
kvensk ⓘ
kvääni ⓘ
hasAncestralLanguage Finnish language ⓘ
hasCaseSystem rich nominal case system ⓘ
hasDialect Nord-Troms Kven ⓘ
Ofoten ⓘ
surface form: Ofoten Kven

Porsanger Kven ⓘ
Varanger Kven ⓘ
hasGlottocode kven1238 ⓘ
hasLanguageBranch Finnic ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
surface form: Uralic
hasLanguageSubgroup Finnic languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Finnic
hasMinorityLanguageStatusUnder European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakersApprox few thousand speakers ⓘ
hasOfficialStatus recognized minority language in Norway ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature vowel harmony ⓘ
hasStandardForm Kven ⓘ
surface form: Standard Kven
hasSVOOrder yes ⓘ
influencedBy Norwegian language ⓘ
ISO639-3Code fkv ⓘ
languageOf Kven literature ⓘ
lexicallySimilarTo Finnish language ⓘ
Meänkieli ⓘ
recognizedAs minority language in Norway ⓘ
recognizedAsDistinctFrom Finnish language ⓘ
region Nordland ⓘ
Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
regulatedBy Kainun institutti ⓘ
Kven Institute ⓘ
spokenBy Kven people ⓘ
spokenByEthnicGroup Kven people ⓘ
spokenIn Northern Norway ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
subclassOf Balto-Finnic language ⓘ
usedFor education in some schools in Northern Norway ⓘ
local media in Kven communities ⓘ
usedIn Kven cultural contexts ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Finnic languages → hasMember → Kven language ⓘ
Kven people → language → Kven language ⓘ
Kven people → recognizedLanguage → Kven language ⓘ
Kainun institutti → dedicatedTo → Kven language ⓘ
Kven Institute → primaryLanguageRegulated → Kven language ⓘ
Varanger Kven → partOf → Kven language ⓘ
Varanger Kven → subdivisionOf → Kven language ⓘ
Porsanger Kven → partOf → Kven language ⓘ
Nord-Troms Kven → partOf → Kven language ⓘ
Nord-Troms Kven → closelyRelatedTo → Kven language ⓘ
Norwegianization → languageTarget → Kven language ⓘ
Norwegian Kven Organization → focusesOn → Kven language ⓘ
Norwegian Kven Organization → associatedWith → Kven language ⓘ
Kven Culture Centre → dedicatedTo → Kven language ⓘ
Torne Valley Finnish → closelyRelatedTo → Kven language ⓘ
Meän kieli → relatedTo → Kven language ⓘ