Saami Dictionary-Making: Preserving Indigenous Finno-Ugric Languages of the Kola Peninsula
Saami Dictionary-Making: Preserving Indigenous Finno-Ugric Languages of the Kola Peninsula

Summary/Abstract: The Kildin Saami language now belongs to the group of critically endangered languages. The functioning of the Kildin Saami language is limited to the personal sphere. Only an ”external” approach can be used to preserve the Kildin Saami language. One of such “external” approaches is Kola Saami lexicography the main purpose of which is the preservation of the unique aspects of the culture and language of an indigenous people. The article presents the results of my research and lexicographical work — dictionaries of the Saami spiritual culture lexis and of the Saami traditional trades and husbandry lexis.

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