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The council developed a written standard Kven language, using Finnish orthography to maintain inter-Finnish language understanding. The grammar, written in Kven, was published in 2014. [12] A Norwegian translation published in 2017 is freely available.
Language. The Kven language is a Finnic language. From a linguistic point of view, Kven is a mutually intelligible dialect of Finnish, but for political and historical reasons, it received in 2005 status of a legal minority language in Norway, within the framework of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
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Oct 24, 2019 · The second is tracing language as a persistent marker of ethnicity, one of the most important when connected with the ethnic group’s homeland. A common homeland and a common language (ancestral or adopted) are the critical minimum markers of a nation and national identity (Oommen Citation 1997, 19–34).
- Lars Elenius
- 2019
Kven is a member of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family, and is closely related to Finnish, particularly the Peräpohjola dialects. It is spoken in northern Norway by 5,000-8,000 people. In 2005 it received the status of a minority language under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Kven language has recently acquired recognition by the Norwegian state through its inclusion under Norway’s ratificationof the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. This article investigates and applies the con-cept of language emancipation, both in its nationalist and in its contemporary
Kven language is a Finnic language that is closely related to Meänkieli and Finnish, and therefore these three languages are mutually intelligible for most of their speakers. Kven language was recognized as an independent language in Norway in April 2005. Kven have been traditionally spoken in Northern Norway.
