#saami

[thenuclearmallard]

The Sámi are being arrested for protesting.

[useless-catalanfacts]

Sweden saying they'll vote against allowing the use of Catalan, Basque and Galician in the European Union Parliament because "there's lots of minority languages and we can't allow them all" is so funny because CATALAN HAS MORE SPEAKERS THAN SWEDISH

Catalan is the 13th most spoken language in the EU. It has more than 10 million speakers, which means it has more speakers than other languages that are already official EU languages like Maltese (530,000), Estonian (1.2 million), Latvian (1.5 million), Irish (1.6 million), Slovene (2.5 million), Lithuanian (3 million), Slovak (5 million), Finnish (5.8 million), Danish (6 million), Swedish (10 million), and Bulgarian (10 million).

Neither Galician (3 million) nor Basque (750,000) would still be the least spoken languages to be allowed in the EU representative bodies.

But even if any of them did, so what? Why do speakers of smaller languages deserve less rights than those of bigger languages? How are we supposed to feel represented by the EU Parliament when our representatives aren't even allowed to speak our language, but the dominant groups can speak theirs?

It all comes down to the hatred of language/cultural diversity and the belief that it's an inconvenience, that only the languages of independent countries have any kind of value while the rest should be killed off. After all, isn't that what Sweden has been trying to do to the indigenous Sami people for centuries?

[saamiriikka]

[allyouneediswall]

[shivasdarknight]

Like everyone said when this gear set came out, this is a blatant attempt to profit off of cultural appropriation. Don't buy the set.

[nonspeakers-r-us]

Being Nonspeaking and Indigenous

One thing that I have struggled with most of my life is feeling like I don't belong to the communities I am a part of, because I cannot verbally speak my language(s). I am a Sámi and Inupiaq person who grew up with both my cultures being a big part of my life. In Sámi culture, one of the biggest things that connects you to your community is being able to speak the language. I can still understand both spoken Northern Sámi and Inupiaq fluently, but I cannot speak out loud, and I can only use Swedish and English on my AAC. My spelling is pretty bad in Northern Sámi. I can only write Inupiaq semi-well, and I can only write it in qaliujaaqpait (Latin script). This leaves me feeling like I'm not "Sámi enough" or "Inupiaq enough" to use those labels for myself. Many people in both my communities understand this, and have been very kind and understanding. There are many reasons that someone can't speak the language of their community, and disability is just one of them. Just my thoughts today.

[mearrarievvar]

Made some friends for my ace-sámi flag.

[chiara-klara-claire]

Today is Sámi people national day (and my birthday)! ❤️💚Read my article about Sámi costumes!💛💙

[honeylemony]

Just found out ark knights has a character named Lappland.... Like do they know that's the kind of derogatory name for the Saapmi land/people?

[thenuclearmallard]

Sámi speaking up

[the-aila-test]

WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SAMI PEOPLE

[saamiriikka]

18.3 Nature March in Finland

[oxeiacraft]

[imaplatypus-art]

Márgu ❤️

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it! 🎄

Every year since Klaus came out I've drawn fanart for Christmas! This year I didn't draw Klaus himself since last year's art had him in it. I went with Márgu because she's very important to the movie and super cute X3.

PLEASE CONSIDER HELPING MY FAMILY ON GOFUNDME OR PATREON (they saw this before everyone else)

[walterkov]

Ailu Valle - Sáhtán ja Máhtán (x) @giftober 2023 | Day 21. Spring/Autumn Ailu Valle from Gámasmohkki, Finland is a Saami rapper. His lyrics deal extensively with environmental destruction, acculturation and other acute issues affecting Saami youth today.