Kven phonology

The phonology of Kven is basically the same as that of Finnish. It is however worth noting that while Standard Finnish has been replacing by, it is retained in Kven. For instance, the word meiđän ('our') in Kven is meidän in Standard Finnish.

Vowels
Kven has 16 vowels, if one includes the vowel length:

In writing, the vowel length is indicated by doubling the letter, e.g. $⟨yy⟩$ and $⟨öö⟩$.

The graphemes representing, and  are $⟨ö⟩$, $⟨ä⟩$ and $⟨a⟩$, respectively.

Consonants
Kven has 14 consonants found in native vocabulary, and four consonants found in loanwords:

are only found in loanwords.

and are represented in writing by $⟨v⟩$ and $⟨š⟩$, respectively.

is represented in writing by $⟨đ⟩$.

is represented in writing by $⟨n⟩$ if followed by /k/, and $⟨ng⟩$ if geminated, i.e. $⟨nk⟩$ and $⟨ng⟩$

Gemination is indicated in writing by doubling the letter, e.g. $⟨mm⟩$ for and $⟨ll⟩$ for