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| Selected languages: | Kven |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Kven belongs to The Finnic (Fennic) or Baltic Finnic (Balto-Finnic, Balto-Fennic) languages which are a branch of the Uralic language family. The Kven language (kvääni or kväänin kieli; kainu or kainun kieli[3]) is spoken in northern Norway by the Kven people. For political and historical reasons, it received the status of a minority language in 2005 within the framework of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Linguistically, however, it is seen as a mutually intelligible dialect of the Finnish language, and grouped together with the Peräpohjola dialects such as Meänkieli, spoken in Torne Valley in Sweden. (From wikipedia). |
| The languages has | 52 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [f] [ð] [h] [j] [k] [l] [m] [nː] [ŋ] [p] [s] [t] [r] [jː] [uː] [y] [øː] [o̞ː] [i] [e̞] [ä] [iː] [e̞ː] [ø] [äː] [o̞] [u] [yː] [æː] [æ] [pː] [tː] [kː] [mː] [n] [rː] [ŋː] [fː] [ʋ] [sː] [lː] [ʋː] [hː] [äi] [e̞i] [o̞i] [ui] [uo̞] [øy] [øi] [yi] [æy] |
| Comments: | / b/, /d/, /g/ in loanwords. /ʃ/ in place names from Sami |
| Sources: | Söderholm, Eira (2017) Kvensk grammatikk. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk |