From: Petter Reinholdtsen Almost thirty years ago, some forward looking people interested in
-metal work and Northern Sámi, decided to create a list of words used
-in Northern Sámi metal work. After almost ten years this resulted in
-a dictionary database, published as the book
+ Almost thirty years ago, some forward looking teachers at Samisk
+videregående skole og reindriftsskole teaching metal work and Northern
+Sámi, decided to create a list of words used in Northern Sámi metal
+work. After almost ten years this resulted in a dictionary database,
+published as the book
"Mekanihkkársánit :
Mekanikerord = Mekaanisen alan sanasto = Mechanic's words" in
1999. The
story of this
work is available from the pen of Svein Lund, one of the leading
actors behind this effort. They even got the dictionary approved by
-the Sámi Parliament of Norway as the recommended metal work words to
-use.
Fast forward twenty years, I came across this work when I recently became interested in metal work, and started watching educational and