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Nov 10, 2016 · Most Sami speakers are assumed to be bilingual (29–32). The number of monolingual Sami speakers is assumed to be small, predominantly pre-school children, persons with intellectual or cognitive disabilities and senior citizens .
- Inger Johanne Dagsvold, Snefrid Møllersen, Vigdis Stordahl
- 2016
As the major language in the region is Finnish, Sami speakers are essentially always bilingual with Finnish. Language nest daycares have been set up for teaching the languages to children. In education, Northern Sami, and to a more limited degree, Inari and Skolt Sami, can be studied at primary and secondary levels, both as a mothertongue (for ...
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Different Sámi languages are spoken in different areas of Sápmi. Speakers of geographically distant variants cannot always understand each other’s languages. How are people maintaining these languages today, and how do their efforts contribute to preserving Sámi culture and identity?
Mar 26, 2010 · Individual factors have to do with the behaviour and attitudes of individuals. Are children socialised into speaking Saami as their mother tongue, at home and outside? Which language or combination of languages do bilingual Saami choose with other bilinguals?
Oct 18, 2022 · As a result of the low status of the language and the fact that most people are bilingual, they may not officially identify themselves as Sami speakers or they may not even speak Sami. Registered speakers and the existence of the speakers is not the same issue.
This article sheds light on the issue of new speakerness via a case study focusing on one adolescent – “Elle” – and her efforts to claim and regain Sami, a national minority language in Sweden. Elle did not acquire Sami at home, but attended Sami school from first grade to sixth grade, where she learned to understand, read, and write the language. Ever since childhood, Elle has ...
Dec 19, 2008 · Drawing on ethnographic and interview data on Sami journalists, children and a rap musician, I focus on two central aspects emerging from the data: the implications involved with Sami-only language policy adopted in Sami media and the impact of globalisation, particularly in terms of transnationalism, on Sami media.
