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Kven
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kven kven-
English
Etymology
From en fkv kvääni
Pronunciation
en
en
Proper noun
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
+ language
A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
Translations
language
Czech: cs kvenština f
Danish: da kvensk
Estonian: et kveeni
Finnish: fi kveeni
French: fr kvène m
German: de kvenisch
Icelandic: is kvenska f, is kvænska f
Japanese: ja クヴェン語 kuven-go
Kven: fkv kvääni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kvensk m
Nynorsk: nn kvænsk, nn kvensk, nn norskfinsk
Polish: pl język kweński m-in
Sami:
Northern Sami: se láttegiella
Swedish: sv kvänska
person
Finnish: fi kveeni
Icelandic: is Kveni m
Japanese: ja クヴェン人 kuven-jin
Kven: fkv kvääni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kven m
Nynorsk: nn kvæn m, nn kven m, nn norskfinne
Polish: pl Kwen m-pr, pl Kwenka f
See also
en North Finnish
Further reading
fkv
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