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Tag: Sámi

Wouldn’t it be better, if we all spoke the same language?

February 6, 2019 kulttuuriakaikille

By Gáppe Piera Jovnna Ulla / Ulla Aikio-Puoskari [in Finnish] In 1992, Michael Krauss issued a warning that came to be observed worldwide. Krauss’ message

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Sano se saameksi – Say it in Sámi

December 17, 2018 Outi K

Say it in Saami features the first online Saami phrasebook on the Internet containing informal language, and its goal is to help the endangered languages. You

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Siskkáldas kritihkka váilun ja heajos digitála sajáiduvvan leat áitagat sámegirjjálašvuhtii, mii boahtte jagi deavdá 400 jagi

December 12, 2018 helgawest

This article written in Northern Sámi explores and discusses the content of a recently published report A Writing Hand Reaches Further, “Čálli giehta ollá guhkás”:

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Basic questions about Saaminess reveal not-so-hidden racism

March 19, 2018 Outi K

Text: Petra Laiti The question I get asked most by a mile is how being a Saami is visible in my life. In this essay

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Kirjoittaja Inkeri Lokki tyttärensä kanssa Paistunturin erämaassa juhannuksena 2013. Lokin tytär osallistui Helsingin kaupungin saamenkieliseen päivähoitoon vuonna 2013. Kuvaaja: Elina Lemmetty

Less equal: Growing up Sámi in Helsinki

March 12, 2018 satakielikuukausi

When I, a Finnish woman, became a mother to children from a cultural minority group, I was forced to come face-to-face with misconceptions of our

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Maainâst muʹnne säämas, čâđđmam kâʹl fiʹttai

March 5, 2018 Outi K

Text: Mari Korpimäki Translation to Skólt Sámi: Anna-Katariina Feodoroff [suomeksi] Muʹst mõõni kuʹǩes äiʹǧǧ fiʹttjed, što päʹrnnpoodd taaurõõžži ääkkiʹʒʒe paaiʹǩi kõõskâst jie leämma dohat ǩilomettar, mâʹte

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Puhu minulle koltansaamea, sydämeni ymmärtää kyllä

March 5, 2018 Outi K

Mari Korpimäki kolttasaameksi / in Skólt Sámi Minulta meni pitkään ymmärtää, etteivät lapsuuden kavereiden mummolat olleet tuhannen kilometrin välimatkan päässä toisistaan, kuten meillä. Pitkään meni

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“A SÁMI-LANGUAGE POLITICAL ANALYSIS, I’m in Heaven!”

February 25, 2018 Outi K

Pirita Näkkäläjärvi “NRK Sápmi is taking part in undermining the value of the Sámi language because they don’t prioritise Sámi-language content more on their website.

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Snaepmie – sámegielat lanjaš viiddes vierisgielat máilmmis

February 6, 2018 Outi K

Briefly in English: Published On February 6, the Saami National Day, the essay by Ánne Márjá Guttorm Graven discusses the relationship of the Saami language to the dominant

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Helga West. Photo: Mikko Mäntyniemi

”Dat ii leat vejolaš” – Vihtta muitalusa rájáid rasttildeames

February 1, 2018 Outi K

[in English] [suomeksi] HELGA WEST Olbmot, geat álget ovddidit sámegielaid sajádaga servvodagaineamet, dávjá ožžot vástádussan: ”Ášši lea dehálaš, muhto dan ii leat vejolaš čađahit.” Doaimmaheaddjin

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Helga West. Photo: Mikko Mäntyniemi

“This Can’t Be Done” – Five Stories Of Breaking the Saami Ceiling

February 1, 2018 Outi K

[sámegillii] [suomeksi] HELGA WEST People who embark on advancing the position of Saami languages in our society often face a reaction along the lines of 

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Litteraturcentrum Uppsala

January 16, 2018 Outi K

Litteraturcentrum Uppsala  is a collaboration of Studiefrämjandet, Kultur i länet, Kulturrådet, Uppsala city, Uppsala regional library and Svenska Pen. Its aim is to support local

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Sivuvalo – Is This Finnish Literature?

January 8, 2018 Outi K

Sivuvalo project is a creative platform for writers who write in other than the two national languages in Finland. It offers information about transnational writers, edits

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Multilingual Library, Helsinki, Finland

January 8, 2018 Outi K

The Multilingual Library is located in Pasila Library, Helsinki and its collections cover over 80 languages. Customers living outside of Helsinki can order all materials

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Reading by listening – a Nordic collaboration produces talking books in Arabic and Sámi

March 14, 2017 Outi K

In the Nordic countries, the need for talking books in other languages than European languages has increased during the last few years. Due to the

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