The Southern Saami Language in Svahken Sijte

• Autores: Jon Todal
• Localización: International journal of the sociology of language, ISSN 0165-2516, Nº. 180, 2006, págs. 147-158
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Southern Saami language is one of several Saami languages in Scandinavia and Northwest Russia. Today the Southern Saami language is an endangered language; most of the speakers are older people. This article describes an effort to transmit the language to the children in Svahken Sijte, the southernmost reindeer herding community in Norway.