Pekka Sammallahti

Pekka Sammallahti in Oulu in May 2005

Pekka Lars Kalervo Sammallahti (Inari Sami: Sevtil-Piäkká,[1] May 21, 1947 in Helsinki) is a professor of Sámi languages at the Giellagas Institute at the University of Oulu. A prolific writer, he has published more than 100 books and articles related to Sápmi and the various Sámi languages. Sammallahti has also been a driving force in the work done to create official written languages for a number of Sámi languages.

He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[2]

He is the only brother of photographer Pentti Sammallahti.

  1. ^ "Anarâš-lostâ" (in Inari Sami). Anarâškielâ servi. 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ "Gruppe 5: Filologi og språkvitenskap" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 10 January 2011.