A LAPPOK NYELVÉRŐL ÉS NYELVI JOGAIRÓL
THE LINGUISTIC RIGHTS OF THE LAPPS

Author(s): Attila Kelemen
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: Saami, Lapps; linguistic rights;
Summary/Abstract: Among the national minorities that live in Northern Europe, the Lapps (or Sámi) are the oldest. Even if they live on the territory of four countries, they have never had their own state. What ties them together is their specific culture and language, both so different from the other languages and cultures in the North. This paper aims both at a synchronic and a diachronic depiction of the language of the Lapps, respectively of their struggle for their linguistic rights that so often were constrained by the authorities and the majority population.

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