British public broadcaster the BBC has compiled a list of a hundred inspired the most and influential women in the world. One of the chosen is a skolt sámi journalist Sara Wesslin.
in Ivalo resident Wesslin is the BBC’s view, actively worked and contributed to the sami language revitalization in Finland.
He is broadcasting the skolt sámi journalist. Skolt sámi language journalists in the world a total of only two.
Sara Wesslin hear the BBC’s listing of the morning.
– Great, having said that, it seems. I don’t have this type of recognition received in the past.
hundreds of women, among them artists, athletes, politicians and scientists. One of the most famous is the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
– Speechless to pull, what kind of people I’ve come. Included are basic human rights campaigners and one water activist, which makes the job in front of it, that the world would have clean water, Wesslin said.
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Skolt sámi is an endangered language
the Sami are Europe’s only indigenous people. Of the three in Finland, spoken in the sámi language of the inari sámi and the skolt sámi have long been disappearing. Skolt sámi adept is no longer about three hundred, inari sámi adept estimated at a little more.
the Most in Finland is a northern sámi-speaking.
Sara Wesslinin the opinion of the BBC’s most influential women, the listing is an important recognition also for the whole culture.
it’s great that such a small minority culture is able to rise to this way out. It is not self-evident, that our language is still alive. It’s a really big thing.
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