Kven

See also: kven and kven-

English

Etymology

From Kven kvääni

Proper noun

Kven

1. 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)

1. 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 (no) m

  Nynorsk: kvænsk, kvensk, norskfinsk

• 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: kvæn m, kven (nn) m, norskfinne

See also

• North Finnish

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kven, fkv ⁠