"Meänkieli" meaning in All languages combined

See Meänkieli on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the native Meänkieli term meänkieli, from meän kieli (“our language”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fit|-}} Meänkieli Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Meänkieli
  1. A language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people mainly in Northern Sweden. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Swedish. Wikipedia link: Meänkieli Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: North Finnish, Torne Valley Finnish, Tornedalen, Tornedalen Finnish, Tornedalsfinska (english: see usage notes), Mean Kieli Translations (Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden): 托爾訥河谷芬蘭語 (Chinese Mandarin), 托尔讷河谷芬兰语 (Tuō'ěrnè Hégǔ Fēnlányǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), tornedalská finština [feminine] (Czech), meänkieli [neuter] (Czech), meänkieli (Finnish), meän kieli (Finnish), tornionlaaksonsuomi (Finnish), finnois tornédalien [masculine] (French), meänkieli [masculine] (French), Meänkieli [neuter] (German), Tornedalfinnisch [neuter] (German), tornedalsfinnska [feminine] (Icelandic), meänkieli [neuter] (Icelandic), meänkieli [masculine] (Italian), メアンキエリ (meankieri) (Japanese), 메앤키엘리 (meaenkielli) (Korean), meänkieli (Meänkieli), meängiella (Northern Sami), tornedalsfinsk [masculine] (Norwegian), meänkieli [masculine] (Norwegian), ме́янкиели (méjankijeli) [neuter] (Russian), tornedalsfinska [common-gender] (Swedish), meänkieli [common-gender] (Swedish), мя́нкіелі (mjánkieli) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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