Endangered Languages Project

Disputed whether a separate language or a dialect of Finnish.

Alias		North Fennic, North Finnish, Kven
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Uralic, Finnic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		fkv
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		"There have been some controversies and official debates about the Kven minority, its status and their language in Norway since the 1980s. The main questions have concerned the status of the Kven language as an independent language and the language used in schools and higher education (Anttonen 1999)... When the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages came into force in Norway in 1998, the language of the Kvens was defined as Kven/Finnish, but in 2005 the denomination was changed to 'the Kven language'." (Räisänen & Kunnas 2012)

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Informationen von: “The Kven Language: An Overview of a Language in Context” . Anna-Kaisa Räisänen and Niina Kunnas (2012)

Stark gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,500-10,000 (estimated)
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
10,000-50,000 (estimated)
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
"The majority of Kven speakers (mostly 60 years old and older) use the Kven language as their everyday language, and no signs of attrition are visible among them (Lane 2010.) Middle-aged Kvens, on the other hand, have often only a passive knowledge of the language, though some are able to use the language to a limited extent with, for example, Finnish tourists and use Kven as a code language. Young people (under 30 years old) rarely speak Kven, but nowadays children in Børselv can learn Kven in their primary school. "

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"The number of people who are able to speak Kven fluently, as native speakers, decreases as older people continue to pass away. Nevertheless, Kven is still used daily by the elderly."

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

Increasingly positive

UNTERSTÜTZUNG DER REGIERUNG

Protected by the European Charter for Minority And Regional Languages

INSTITUTIONELLE UNTERSTÜTZUNG

School programs (under the name "Finnish"), several institutes, organizations, festivals

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Norwegian
Sámi

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

Kven Language Council, Norwegian Kven Organisation, Kven Institute in Børselv, Halti Kvenkultursenter in Nordreisa, holidays Baaskifestivalen and Kipparinfestivaale

Rechtschreibung

"Attempts to standardise the Kven language started in 2007, when the Kven Language Council
(språkråd), the language expert body, was established."

ORTE: Northern Norway

6,500
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
6,500 (1998 The Federation of Norwegian Kven People).

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1998

ORTE: Norway;

Bedroht

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,500
Muttersprachler weltweit

		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			6,500		1000-9999								Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2012	The Kven Language: An Overview of a Language in Context			Working Papers in European Language Diversity	15		https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:105485	Anna-Kaisa Räisänen and Niina Kunnas			10,000-50,000 (estimated)	1,500-10,000 (estimated)		1000-9999	"The majority of Kven speakers (mostly 60 years old and older) use the Kven language as their everyday language, and no signs of attrition are visible among them (Lane 2010.) Middle-aged Kvens, on the other hand, have often only a passive knowledge of the language, though some are able to use the language to a limited extent with, for example, Finnish tourists and use Kven as a code language. Young people (under 30 years old) rarely speak Kven, but nowadays children in Børselv can learn Kven in their primary school. "	Norwegian, Sámi	Protected by the European Charter for Minority And Regional Languages	Increasingly positive	Kven Language Council, Norwegian Kven Organisation, Kven Institute in Børselv, Halti Kvenkultursenter in Nordreisa, holidays Baaskifestivalen and Kipparinfestivaale	School programs (under the name "Finnish"), several institutes, organizations, festivals	All	Severely Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	"The number of people who are able to speak Kven fluently, as native speakers, decreases as older people continue to pass away. Nevertheless, Kven is still used daily by the elderly."	12	14	Northern Norway
		Glottolog						http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.																			69.38, 29.54
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		6,500	1998		6,500 (1998 The Federation of Norwegian Kven People).												Norway;

Kven Finnish

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Stark gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500-10,000 (estimated)

6,500

Bedroht

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,500

Diskussion

Kven Finnish

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Stark gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,500-10,000 (estimated)

6,500

Bedroht

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,500

Diskussion

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