Planning terminology for northern minority languages: The Saami case

Jukka Mettovaara & Sierge Rasmus
University of Oulu | Sámi Giellagáldu
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In this chapter, we discuss the practices, challenges, solutions, and prospects for the development of terminology of Saami languages. One of the main topics is Sámi Giellagáldu [Saami Language Source], a Nordic joint expert body and resource centre that is officially responsible for the creation of new terminology for the Saami languages. It should be noted that despite the chapter containing the title “The Saami Case”, it is somewhat misleading to speak of one uniform case. Though the language planning processes of many languages have often intersected, there are still several different Saami languages all with their unique histories and situations.

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