Kven
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Kven
- 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)
- A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
Translations
language
person
See also
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Kven, fkv
