Kven

Kven

See also: kven and kven-

English

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: 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 ⁠