North Saami
North Saami (known as “Norwegian Lappish” in older literature) is an indigenous language spoken by probably more than 25,000 people in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. North Saami today has an international standard form which is also used in literature, in the media, and in the education system, in are...
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ftunivturku:oai:www.utupub.fi:10024/174236 2023-05-15T18:08:03+02:00 North Saami The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages Ylikoski Jussi Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte suomen kieli ja suomalais-ugrilainen kielentutkimus, Department of Finnish and Finno-Ugric Languages 2602110 2023-01-28T03:30:08Z 147 177 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/174236 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0010 en eng Oxford University Press United Kingdom Britannia GB 978-0-19; 9780199733866; 9780199757640; 978-0-19-536736-2, 978-0-19-536737-9; 9780195389838 10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0010 978-0-19-876766-4 https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/174236 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0010 URN:NBN:fi-fe202301286314 978-0-19-182151-6 2023 ftunivturku https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198767664.003.0010 2023-02-02T00:01:05Z North Saami (known as “Norwegian Lappish” in older literature) is an indigenous language spoken by probably more than 25,000 people in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. North Saami today has an international standard form which is also used in literature, in the media, and in the education system, in areas with Saami majorities even in public and official interaction. Of the endangered Saami languages, North Saami is thus the most vigorous one; it also has a relatively strong research tradition. Taxonomically and geographically, North Saami is situated at the eastern end of the Western Saami subgroup. It is characterized by rich and complex phonology and morphophonology and considerable dialectal variation, which makes the relationship between the standard orthography and pronunciation very complicated. In this chapter, the main features of the structure, grammar, and lexicon of North Saami are briefly described. The chapter ends with a glossed text example. Other/Unknown Material saami University of Turku: UTUPub Norway 147 177 |
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North Saami (known as “Norwegian Lappish” in older literature) is an indigenous language spoken by probably more than 25,000 people in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. North Saami today has an international standard form which is also used in literature, in the media, and in the education system, in areas with Saami majorities even in public and official interaction. Of the endangered Saami languages, North Saami is thus the most vigorous one; it also has a relatively strong research tradition. Taxonomically and geographically, North Saami is situated at the eastern end of the Western Saami subgroup. It is characterized by rich and complex phonology and morphophonology and considerable dialectal variation, which makes the relationship between the standard orthography and pronunciation very complicated. In this chapter, the main features of the structure, grammar, and lexicon of North Saami are briefly described. The chapter ends with a glossed text example. |
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