Sami Language Revitalisation:Language Nests’ Social Dimensions in Terms of the Surrounding Sami Community, Culture and Languages

• Main Author: Äärelä-Vihriälä, Rauni
• Other Authors: Keskitalo, Pigga, Olsen, Torjer Andreas, Drugge, Anna-Lill, Rahko-Ravantti, Rauna
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2024
• Subjects: Sámi languages; education; language immersion; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/6/12/1; name=Languages; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/16/2; name=General education; Inari; sami; Sámi
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/de1bcdc7-c294-4b31-a650-a648de8219f0; https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004714847_012; https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/41931567/sami_language_revitalisation.pdf

This chapter highlights the social dimensions of Sami language nests in the Sami language revitalisation context in the Finnish side of Sápmi. Sami language nests are part of the Sami language revitalisation efforts in the Sami region of Finland. Language nests are either Northern Sami, Inari Sami o...