Uralic languages Uralic languages The Cwen language (also called Kven, Quen or Kveeni) is the variety of Finnish spoken by the Cwen, a minority population in Norway. The number of Cwen speakers is estimated to between 2,000 and 8,000, living in the two northernmost counties of Norway, Troms and Finmark. While Cwen has traditionally been regarded as a dialect of Finnish, there has been a movement to secure recognition for it as a separate language in the interests of minority language protection. In this, the situation of Cwen resembles that of Meänkieli, a variety of Finnish spoken in Sweden. Wheras Norway has up to now not provided schooling or any other services in either Cwen or Standard Finnish, it has officially recognized Cwen, under that name, as a minority language within the framework of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages since 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cwen language"
The Comb Ceramic Culture or the Pit-Comb Ware culture was a North-East European stone age culture, ca 4200 BC - 2000 BC. The name is derived from the most common decoration on the ceramic finds that look like the imprints of a comb. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pit-Comb Ware culture"
Proto-Uralic is the hypothetical language ancestral to the Uralic languages, including the modern Samoyedic and Finno-Ugric languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Proto-Uralic language"
The Uralic languages form a language family of about 30 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people. The name of the language family refers to the location of the family’s suggested Urheimat (homeland), which is often placed close to the Ural mountains. Countries that are home to a significant number of speakers of Uralic languages include: Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Russia, the Serbian province of Vojvodina, and Sweden. The healthiest Uralic languages, in terms of the number of native speakers and national identity, are Estonian, Finnish, and Hungarian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uralic languages"
The Uralic Phonetic Alphabet (UPA) or Finno-Ugric transcription system is a phonetic transcription or notational system used predominantly for the transcription of Finno-Ugric languages. It was first published in 1901 by Emil Nestor Setälä, a Finnish linguist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uralic Phonetic Alphabet"
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