Northern Sami Orthography - The Various Orthographies in A Nutshell

The Various Orthographies in A Nutshell

The country or countries in parentheses following the name of the orthography or its inventor is where the orthography was used. It was only in 1979 that Norway, Sweden and Finland had a common orthography for Sámi.

  1. Knud Leem (Norway)
  2. Nils Vibe Stockfleth (Norway)
  3. J. A. Friis (Norway)
  4. Konrad Nielsen (in scientific works throughout the 20th century)
  5. Paavo Ravila (1934) (Finland)
  6. Erkki Itkonen (1951) (Finland)
  7. Bergsland-Ruong orthography (Norway, Sweden)
  8. 1979 orthography (Norway, Sweden, Finland)

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