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GeoNative - Sámi & Kven in Norway The language of the Kvens, which is old Finnish, was forbidden in 1936 and not until the year 1997 was permission again granted to teach the Kven language in the schools. There were over 700 pupils who entered to the classes of the Kven language, although the authorities believed that the language was already completely dead. Kven hizkuntza, finlandieraren dialekto zahar bat, debekatua egon zen eskoletan 1936tik 1997ra, baina hala ere, berriz baimendu dutenean, 700 eskolaumek eman du izena eskolotan, agintariek hizkuntza hila izango zela uste izan arren. www.geocities.com /Athens/9479/sami-no.html   (414 words)

Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Cwen Kven is considered as a Finnish dialect, although some linguists say it is a language. Around the 1970s they and the Saami were openly allowed to use Kven and teach it to their children at schools which took its form via special language laws for minorities. The second emigration golf of Kven in Northern Norway was in the beginning of the 19th century, reaching a peak during the famine in Finland in the 1860ies. www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=cwen   (626 words)

text.xq?id=134 This has applied to indigenous languages in Canada, to Gaelic and Scots in Scotland, and to Finnic minority languages in the Circumpolar region: Meänkieli and Swedish Finnish in Sweden; the Kven language in Norway; Viena Karelian, Olonets Karelian and Vepsian in Russia; the Võro and Seto languages in Estonia; and Livonian in Latvia. As an initial solution to the problem of written forms, it is proposed that several Kven speakers should be asked to transcribe a short passage and the results compared. A longer term goal is to provide an interface to the tools which allows the end user to define or rename all functions in their own language. mustard.tapor.uvic.ca /cocoon/ach_abstracts/xq/text.xq?id=134   (844 words)

Norway on Hiker Central One of the most important Kven centers is today in Nordreisa (Raisi in the Kven language) and in the Valley of Reisadalen (Raisinvankka in the Kven language) there are still some old Kven people living. Most Kvens have had to move elsewhere in search of work but in summer they as most Norwegians return to their homes again. Kveeniland, Bicycle touring in the Land of Ruija (Northern Norway) www.hikercentral.com /regions/europe/norway.html   (154 words)

Kven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kven language) and the Sami, the two spoken in Northern Sweden are the Meänkieli and the Sami, the two in Northern Finland are the standard Finnish and Sami, and the two on the Russian part of the historic Kvenland are the Finnish (a dialect) and the Sami languages. Kven people or Kvens, Cwens or Quens) were in charge of the large northernmost territories of the Scandinavian Peninsula during the 9th century AD, and presumably long before that. Kvens refers to a historical group - or an alliance - of people who were fishermen, hunters and warriors, usually associated with a western and south-western Finnic people. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cwen   (4733 words)

1st_SR_Norway Nonetheless, the Kven language and culture were kept up relatively well until World War II in most of the “Kven districts” of North Norway, partly because of settlement patterns and Laestadianism (a revival movement founded by the Finnish-speaking Swedish minister Lars L. Læstadius). The settlement and history of the Skogfinn and the Kven in Norway are both part of an extensive process of colonization by Finnish peasants, almost in the form of a mass exodus from the old agricultural communities of Finland and northern Sweden. A stringent policy was pursued in respect of the Kven minority, particularly during the period from 1850 to 1960. www.coe.int /t/e/human_rights/minorities/2._FRAMEWORK_CONVENTION_(MONITORING)/2._Monitoring_mechanism/3._State_Reports_and_UNMIK_Kosovo_Report/1._First_cycle/1st_SR_Norway.asp   (15558 words)

Of old have the Kvens lived in the Land of Ruija on the coast of the Arctic Ocean In the discussions about the bill of languages in the schools there was a suggestion that children speaking the Kven language should be compelled to leave Norway and to immigrate into Finland. The word kven was known already in the ninth century and the Kven People live scattered in the Land of Rica both on the coast There were small Kven villages between the Lapps and the Sami People. Of old, have the Kvens lived in the Land of Ruija on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. www.worldclass.net /geo/NEuro/rachkatKven.htm   (263 words)

Ethnologue 14 report for language code:FKV Kven has integrated Norwegian loans, whereas Tornedalen has integrated Swedish loans. Speakers of Tornedalen and Kven recognize the differences between the two. The language and culture have been suppressed until the recent past, and are endangered. www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=FKV   (202 words)

Odinarkiv - Finnish as a second language Pupils should learn about Finnish and Kven culture and history and further develop their understanding of the roles language and texts play in a society. They should encounter the Kven story-telling tradition, extend their knowledge of their own cultural background, and experience the satisfaction of being able to use more than one language Pupils should be familiar with various aspects of Finnish and Kven culture and history. odin.dep.no /odinarkiv/norsk/dep/nedlagt/kuf/1999/eng/014005-990121/dok-bu.html   (3240 words)

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Acculturation strategies and ethnic identity as predictors of behavior problems in arctic minority adolescents.(Sami and Kven of northern Norway)@ HighBeam Research Behavior problems were in addition to ethnic/national identity and acculturation attitudes studied in relation to ethnicity gender, age, socioeconomic status, parentage, ethnic language, and ethnic... Method: The Youth Self-Report, the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure, and acculturation strategies were completed by 581 indigenous Sami and 291 Kven high school students in 1994-1995, at age 15-18 years. Acculturation strategies and ethnic identity as predictors of behavior problems in arctic minority adolescents.(Sami and Kven of northern Norway) www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:96277850&refid=holomed_1   (254 words)

GURT'06Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties This session focuses on discussions on which languages the Charter should cover, definitions of minority language vs. dialect, revitalization efforts triggered by language autonomization, and questions concerning cultural authenticity in the modern world. Authenticity: Special focus on Kven, Meänkieli and Saami European Charter - Nordic minority policies: Special focus on Kven, Meänkieli and Saami www.georgetown.edu /events/gurt/2006/symposia.htm   (545 words)

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