Kven

See also: kven and kven-

English

Proper noun

Kven

A language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.

Noun

Kven (plural Kvens)

A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.

Translations

language

Czech: kvenština f
Danish: kvensk
Estonian: kveeni
Finnish: kveeni (fi)
French: kvène (fr) m
German: kvenisch
Icelandic: kvenska f, kvænska f

Japanese: クヴェン語 (kuven-go)
Kven: kvääni
Northern Sami: láttegiella
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kvensk

Nynorsk: kvensk
Swedish: kvänska (sv)

person

Finnish: kveeni (fi)
Icelandic: Kveni m
Japanese: クヴェン人 (kuven-jin)
Kven: kvääni

Norwegian:
Bokmål: kven (no) m

Nynorsk: kven (nn) m

See also

North Finnish

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Kven, fkv

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