My uncle just finished 1.6 kg, 700 pages long dictionary of Northern Sami, a language spoken by around 20,000 speakers.
Sami are an indigenous people who have inhabited large parts of Northern Europe spanning from Russia to Norway for millenniums.
He has dedicated his life to advocate for their rights and preserve their languages and culture. This book is a major contribution in an effort to ensure that this ancient language will be passed on to future generations.
@LeoSammallahti Giitu! That’s incredibly cool of your uncle! It hits me when I see finnish and davvisámegiella next to each other that the languages are very similar.
@lilletale @LeoSammallahti Is there an on-line version of this dictionary? Also, next steps: is there a Wikipedia in this language? Tried language codes smi and sme, and they don't seem to exist. And not in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Requests_for_new_languages .
@tzafrir It seems to be exactly one Wikipedia in davvisámegiella: https://se.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njalla