Examples of using Saami language in English and their translations into Russian
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The Saamis have the right to use the Saami language in their homeland.
The state subsidy isaimed to support and promote education in and about the Saami languages.
The right of the Saamis to use the Saami language before the authorities shall be provided for in law.
In matriculation(school-leaving) examinations, a person who has studied Saami as a mother tongue may take the examination in the Saami language.
In 1991 pedagogical instructions were finalized for Saami language teaching and tuition in Saami. .
The Action Plan for Saami Languages(2009-2014)gives an overview of the measures concerning Saami languages.
The Corporation recognizes its vital role in the national and Nordic efforts to safeguard anddevelop Saami society, including the Saami language.
The group only performs plays in the Saami language, and therefore plays an important role in the development of Saami drama.
In this connection the Ministry of Local Government andRegional Development has engaged a project manager for two years to work on Saami language issues and information on Saami affairs.
These provisions are intended to promote the Saami language with a view to safeguarding both the Saami language and the culture.
The language rights of the Swedish-speaking Aland Islanders was particularly strong, while in the north of Finland- Lapland,which is the homeland of the Saami people- the Saami language enjoyed semi-official status.
According to a report published by the Saami Language Council in October 2000, the estimated number of people speaking Saami languages in Norway is 25,000.
In 2003, the conditions of the state subsidy were revised to enable the providing of education in and of the Saami languages to even smaller groups and thus a wider audience overall.
I had imagined that I still knew the Saami language, but due to the broken contact with my Saami environment and culture, my language had not developed in a natural way.
Furthermore, section 3-3 provides that any person who contacts a local public body in the Saami language administrative district has the right to receive a reply in Saami. .
Society for Threatened People(STP) reported that Sweden officially recognized Saami as a minority language on 1 April 2000 andthat the Minority Languages Act ensures that in so called"Saami schools" in Northern Sweden instruction is given in both Swedish and the Saami language.
In 2002 three newspapers received subsidies: the Saami language newspapers Min Aigi and Assu, and the Norwegian language newspaper Ságat.
The Saami Parliament has stressed the desirability of enhancing the efforts to enhance the Saami people's knowledge of nature and cultural identity, andto implement measures to promote the Saami language and register Saami cultural monuments, etc.
The Norwegian Film Institute also has a project entitled"Saami language in film", which has received support in the amount of about NKr 250,000 annually.
Finland had also ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages of the Council of Europe and had adopted significant legislative changes,particularly an enactment concerning the right to use the Saami language in dealings with the authorities.
The most important legislative changes are the Act on the Right to Use the Saami Language before the Authorities, which entered into force on 1 January 1992, and an amendment to the Parliament Act which came into force on 1 November 1991.
By virtue of the cultural autonomy of the Saami, the Saami Parliament may take initiatives, make propositions andsubmit statements on matters concerning Saami languages and culture and the status of the Saami as an indigenous people.
The Saami Parliament also directs efforts to promote the Saami language and participate in public planning to ensure that Saami needs are taken into consideration in the utilization of land and water resources.
The proposal to amend the Constitution Act, described earlier, would establish cultural autonomy for the Saamis andextend constitutional protection to the right to use the Saami language, and would thereby also strengthen the foundation for the practical implementation of the rights.
Mr. WOLFRUM pointed out that there were three different Saami languages in Finland and that, as members of one Saami language group could not understand the language of the other groups, their common language was Finnish.
The new Education Act gives all Saami pupils in Norway, and all pupils in Saami districts, at the primary andlower secondary level the right to receive tuition both in the Saami language and through the medium of Saami. .
It also encourages the State party to guarantee access to education in Saami languages inside and outside the homeland, to preserve, protect and promote the Saami culture as part of cultural diversity and heritage.
Finland reported(E/CONF.94/CRP.76 and Add.1) that a new language law, expected to become effective 1 January 2004,will cover only the two national languages of Finnish and Swedish; the Saami language will continue to be regulated by a separate law.
Most of the provisions of chapter 3 in the Saami Act apply to the Saami language administrative district, which consists of the following six municipalities: Deatnu-Tana, Gaivuotna-Kåfjord, Guovdageaidnu-Kautokeino, Karasjohka-Karasjok, Porsanger and Unjarga-Nesseby.
As part of the Saami cultural autonomy,the Saami Parliament deals with issues concerning Saami languages and culture, and the status of the Saami as an indigenous people.