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.

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 Kven → Porsanger Kven → Varanger Kven →
hasGlottocode	kven1238 →
hasLanguageBranch	Finnic →
hasLanguageFamily	Uralic →
hasLanguageSubgroup	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	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Finnic languages →	hasMember
Kven people →	language
Kven people →	recognizedLanguage