Modernization and Language Loss in the Meänkieli Community

The Finns living in the Torne/ Tornio Valley were cut off from the Finns in Finland in 1809, when Sweden lost the territory of Finland in favor of Russia. Since then, the Tornedalian Finns have become the victims of a definite assimilation policy. Today their language, Meänkieli, is a minority langu...

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Main Author: Enikő
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies 2020-12-01
Series:Revista Română pentru Studii Baltice şi Nordice
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Online Access:https://f-origin.hypotheses.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/5711/files/2020/12/06.-Molnar.pdf