Introduction
This post is dedicated specifically to the languages often considered closest to the Finnish language, including, but not limited to, Finnish itself and disputed dialects named Kven in Norway and Meänkieli in Sweden.
Languages
While the Finnic languages also include the Estonian language, the latter is not mutually intelligible with the Finnish language nor with the languages further north and into the Arctic Circle. The northern end of Finland has the northern end of Sweden, home to the Meänkieli language, while the northern end of Norway is home to the Kven language.
The Arctic regions where Kven and Meänkieli are spoken also overlap with Sámi territory, both traditional and modern. The Sámi people are not related to the Greenlandic, Inuit, or other circumpolar peoples but rather to the general Finnish and even Hungarian populations.
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