Torne Valley Finnish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Meänkieli (language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people in Northern Sweden)

Word forms

Torne Valley Finnish

Etymology

After Torne, the name of the river that separates Finland and Sweden in the north; compare Swedish tornedalsfinska and Finnish tornionlaaksonsuomi.

Related words

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