Kven
E74948
Kven is a Finnic minority language closely related to Finnish, traditionally spoken by the Kven people in northern Norway.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Standard Kven | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Finnic language
ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ minority language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kven culture
ⓘ
Kven literature ⓘ Kven music ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Finnish language
ⓘ
Meänkieli ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedVariety |
Meänkieli
ⓘ
surface form:
Tornedalian Finnish (Meänkieli)
|
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Finnish language
ⓘ
North Sámi language ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Kven people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
kainun kieli
ⓘ
kvensk ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | rich nominal case system ⓘ |
| hasDialects | various local dialects in Troms og Finnmark ⓘ |
| hasLoanwordsFrom |
North Sámi
ⓘ
Norwegian language ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian
|
| hasVowelHarmony | yes ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Finnish dialects brought to northern Norway by migrants ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | fkv ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uralic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Uralic
|
| languageSubfamily |
Finnic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Finnic
|
| legalStatus | recognized minority language in Norway ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partially mutually intelligible with Finnish ⓘ |
| primaryWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn | Norway ⓘ |
| region |
Troms og Finnmark
ⓘ
surface form:
Finnmark
Troms ⓘ Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
surface form:
Troms og Finnmark county
|
| regulatingBody |
Kainun institutti
ⓘ
surface form:
Kainun institutti – Kvensk institutt
|
| spokenBy | Kven minority in Norway ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern Norway
ⓘ
Norway ⓘ |
| standardizationEffort | modern orthography developed in 2000s ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Finnic language
ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguageOf | Kven people ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | definitely endangered language ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural expression
ⓘ
education in some schools ⓘ local media ⓘ oral communication ⓘ |
| usedInEducationLevel | primary school (limited) ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Standard Kven