Planning a new standard language

This volume addresses the current situation of twelve Finnic minority languages: Meänkieli, Sweden Finnish, Kven, Viena Karelian, Olonets, Tver Karelian, Karelian Finnish, Vepsian, Votic, Võro, Seto and Livonian. The articles introduce the legal situation, threat to and revitalization of these languages spoken in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia, Estonia and Latvia. Theoretically the book relates to the globally current research that focuses on the linguistic diversity of the world.