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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6893 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 20 15 December 2009 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
It is indeed. Thanks for that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| davidwelsh Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5528 days ago 141 posts - 307 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, Norwegian, Esperanto, Swedish, Danish, French Studies: Polish, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Mandarin | Message 10 of 20 15 December 2009 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the link to the Gulahalan course, it seems really good:)
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| Morak99 Newbie United States Joined 5484 days ago 19 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 11 of 20 16 December 2009 at 2:42am | IP Logged | ||
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I think learning Sami is a great idea. There's not very many speakers left for some of the minor dialects, so Sami is a great way to preserve history.
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| taKen Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mindofthelinguist.woRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6116 days ago 176 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Dutch, French Studies: German, Icelandic | Message 12 of 20 21 December 2009 at 1:35am | IP Logged | ||
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I've had some interest in these languages for a while, and was surprised to find that there are as many as nine of them. However, a few of them are in a real danger of going extinct within a generation or so. Currently an attempt is being made in Norway in order to ensure the survival of Southern Sami.
But learning materials are indeed scarce! Thanks a lot for providing us with the sites. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rowena Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6578 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 13 of 20 21 December 2009 at 3:01am | IP Logged | ||
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I really would consider learning if there weren't so many dialects!
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| davidwelsh Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5528 days ago 141 posts - 307 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, Norwegian, Esperanto, Swedish, Danish, French Studies: Polish, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Mandarin | Message 14 of 20 21 December 2009 at 2:17pm | IP Logged | ||
Northern Sámi has far more speakers than all the other Sámi languages put together (I say languages rather than dialects as they're not really mutually comprehensible.) I found these statistics for speaker numbers: South Saami 300–400 Ume Saami 10 at most Pite Saami 20 at most Lule Saami 1000–2000 North Saami 33000 Inari Saami 400 Skolt Saami 300 Kemi Saami extinct since late 19th century Akkala Saami extinct since 2003 Kildin Saami 600 Ter Saami 6 I've certainly heard about serious attempts to revive Lule Sámi and Southern Sámi, but not so much about any of the others. This website for example is in Northern, Southern and Lule Sámi, and Norwegian. I've started working through the Gulahalan course, which I'm enjoying, and I've also signed up for the Davvi 1 distance learning course I mentioned in my original post. The Norwegian state broadcaster NRK produces programmes in Northern Sámi which are subtitled in Norwegian:) There seems to be quite a lot of interesting stuff there. Edited by davidwelsh on 21 December 2009 at 2:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7155 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 15 of 20 21 December 2009 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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The more that I browse through Gulahalan, the more that I regret not knowing one of Danish, Norwegian or Swedish. From what I can decipher, the course seems pretty good with everything presented in small sections so as not to overwhelm the learner.
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| davidwelsh Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5528 days ago 141 posts - 307 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, Norwegian, Esperanto, Swedish, Danish, French Studies: Polish, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Mandarin | Message 16 of 20 21 December 2009 at 5:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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I came across a nice course in English posted as a PDF on the Unilang forum. It's more intensive than the Gulahalan course, but much better than nothing if you don't read Scandinavian...
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