kven

Proper noun

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

(plural Kvens)

A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.

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