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The Kven language ( kvääni or kväänin kieli; kainu or kainun kieli; [2] Finnish: kveeni or kveenin kieli; Norwegian: kvensk) is a Finnic language or a group of Finnish dialects spoken in the northernmost parts of Norway by the Kven people. For political and historical reasons, it received the status of a minority language in 2005 within the ...
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.
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Kven have been traditionally spoken in Northern Norway. However, Kven is an endangered Finnic language today, spoken only by the oldest generations in few Kven villages. Kven language is under the active revitalization process nowadays, and many Kven people are learning it through written texts, language instruction, language nests, music and ...
From the 18th century the Kvens started to comprise a significant part of the population in Northern Norway. In 1845 13.3% of the population in Finnmark, and 3.2% in Troms, considered themselves as Kvens. In 1854 the numbers increased to respectively, 19.9% and 7.0%. The peak was in 1875, with respectively 24.2% and 7.7%.
The Norwegian Kven Association has therefore seen a need to prepare a short status report concerning the most important aspects of Kven language and culture. The situation for the Kven language is critical today, as the last generation of active users of the language is dying out. The status report will form a backdrop for the measures we ...
Feb 7, 2023 · Local communities in Troms and Finnmark are home to one of Norway’s minorities, the Kven – a Balto-Finnish people. Visit the Kven capital of Vadsø to learn more about when, how and why they came to this area and how they have lived since the 18th century until today. The new Ruija Kven museum is the best place to learn more about this people.
language shift. 1. Introduction The Kven language of northern Norway has up to the early years of the 21st century been subject to prejudicial language and cultural policies due to its close ethnolinguistic relationship with Finnish, particularly in the context of Norway’s nationalist language emancipation development.1 Indeed, the Kven
