North Saami, Čohkkiras variety (Sweden, Norway) – Language Snapshot

North Saami is a Uralic language spoken by the indigenous Saami minority in the Arctic region of Norway, Sweden and Finland. In this paper, I outline the current situation of the language and present my own work in documenting and describing the endangered and underdescribed Čohkkiras variety, spoke...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kejonen, Olle
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Finsk-ugriska språk 2020
Subjects:
North Saami
Saamic languages
Uralic languages
language documentation
language description
Specific Languages
Studier av enskilda språk
Arctic
Norway
saami
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-417022
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Summary:North Saami is a Uralic language spoken by the indigenous Saami minority in the Arctic region of Norway, Sweden and Finland. In this paper, I outline the current situation of the language and present my own work in documenting and describing the endangered and underdescribed Čohkkiras variety, spoken in Sweden and Norway.

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