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North Finnish

North Finnish proper noun: a generic name for a number of Finnish dialects spoken in the Northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway. Two of them, Meänkieli (or Torne Valley Finnish) in Sweden and Kven in Norway are officially recognized as minority languages in their respective countries, and are currently considered separate languages. Their structure and grammar are similar to Finnish but the vocabularies are considerably influenced by the majority language of their country.

Proper noun

North Finnish

  1. A generic name for a number of Finnish dialects spoken in the Northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway. Two of them, Meänkieli (or Torne Valley Finnish) in Sweden and Kven in Norway are officially recognized as minority languages in their respective countries, and are currently considered separate languages. Their structure and grammar are similar to Finnish but the vocabularies are considerably influenced by the majority language of their country.

Questions about North Finnish

What does North Finnish mean?
North Finnish means a generic name for a number of Finnish dialects spoken in the Northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway. Two of them, Meänkieli (or Torne Valley Finnish) in Sweden and Kven in Norway are officially recognized as minority languages in their respective countries, and are currently considered separate languages. Their structure and grammar are similar to Finnish but the vocabularies are considerably influenced by the majority language of their country.
What part of speech is North Finnish?
North Finnish is a proper noun.

Words near North Finnish in the dictionary

  1. North Falmouth
  2. North Fambridge
  3. North Fayette
  4. North Ferriby
  5. North Ferrisburgh
  6. North Finnish
  7. North Fort Myers
  8. north forties
  9. north forty
  10. North Franklin
  11. North Fremantle

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