They are more likely to thrive and receive funding from Nordic governments if an academy is formed to establish unified language norms, writes Donald Rayfield The alarming prospect of extinction for ...

Kielipankki – The Language Bank of Finland offers a comprehensive set of resources, tools and services in a high-performance environment. Katri Hiovain-Asikainen describes her research on spoken Sámi ...

The film received its Finnish premier in October 2023 and was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Je'vida is the first full-length fictional movie filmed in the Skolt Sámi language, a ...

Linda Länsman is one of the few Sami teachers in the capital city region. Having moved south ten years ago, Länsman now works at a daycare centre in the Helsinki suburb of Kulosaari. Her work there ...

North Sami, a language spoken in the Arctic, has more than 300 words for snow and a special word for "frightened reindeer". Can it survive in a warmer world? Pentti Pieski, a translator and tourism ...

Wind turbines are contributing to the Southern Sámi losing grazing land for their reindeer husbandry. This livelihood is central to the identity of the Southern Sámi culture and thus to their language ...

Director Katja Gauriloff has made history with “Je’vida,” the first feature shot in the Skolt Sámi language. “It’s my native tongue, but because of forced assimilation in Finland [of the Sámi people] ...

A photo exhibition is held to celebrate Sami Language Week in Oslo, Norway, on Oct. 23, 2023. Norway launched Sami Language Week on Monday, aiming to bring the Sami languages into the public spotlight ...

Finland’s new Sami parliament building is a proud symbol for the indigenous people of Europe’s north, marking a century-long journey from a struggling culture to a thriving and resilient community. It ...