These Sámi Women Are Trying to Keep Their Native Skolt Language Alive · Global Voices
▻https://globalvoices.org/2018/02/24/these-sami-women-are-trying-to-keep-their-native-skolt-language-alive
Tiina Sanila-Aikio isn’t your everyday president. The 34-year-old is the head of the Sámi people in Finland, the only indigenous population recognized in the European Union. She is also the creator of the world’s first Skolt-language rock albums. Skolt is a Sámi language spoken by just 300 people.
Although the Sámi population numbers at least 75,000, their languages are dying out. The Sámi are made up of nine different tribes across Norway, Sweden, Russia and Finland and speak various dialects. The lack of Sámi language education means young Sámis are growing up not speaking their mother tongue.
