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The Kven Language: An Overview of a Language in Context
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,500-10,000 (estimated)

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

10,000-50,000 (estimated)

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

"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. "

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Northern Norway

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

Protected by the European Charter for Minority And Regional Languages

Institutional support

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

Speakers' attitudes

Increasingly positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Norwegian, Sámi

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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

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Native Speakers Worldwide

6,500

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

6,500 (1998 The Federation of Norwegian Kven People).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Norway;

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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More on context

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

69.38, 29.54

Location description

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Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,500

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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    http://www.ethnologue.com/
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    "Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
    http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/
  5. The Kven Language: An Overview of a Language in Context
    https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:105485
  6. Legal and Institutional Framework Analysis: North Sámi and Kven
    https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/detail_object/o:104917