Lars Henrik Andreas Barruk (b. 26 February 1961) is a Sámi language consultant and teacher known for his work documenting and revitalizing the Ume Sámi language.
Henrik Barruk | |
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| Born | Lars Henrik Andreas Barruk February 26, 1961 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | Sámi language teacher and consultant |
| Known for | Ume Sámi language revitalization |
Barruk is one of the few academics working with Ume Sámi, and he has taught courses on the language at Umeå University.[1] He served on a Saami Council working group to develop an Ume Sami orthography together with the linguists Ole Henrik Magga, Pekka Sammallahti, and Olavi Korhonen;[2] and he worked with older Ume Sámi speakers on a 4,300-word Ume Sámi dictionary.[3]
In 2008, Barruk was awarded the Såhkie Umeå Sami Association's Hederspris and the pan-Nordic Gollegiella Prize for his work with Ume Sámi.[4] In 2018 he was also awarded the Swedish Language Council's Minority Language Prize for his efforts to save Ume Sami.[5]
Barruk is the father of the musician Katarina Barruk who writes music in Ume Sami and works as an Ume Sámi language-immersion teacher.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Hofsten, Ingela (July 2011). "Överlevnadskurs i samiska" [Survival Sámi Course]. Språk Tidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ Påve, Marja (5 April 2016). "Umesamiskan godkänns som eget skriftspråk" [Ume Sami Is Approved as Its Own Written Language]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ Eira, Karen; Skoglund, Johnny (19 February 2018). "Över 4000 ord i ny umesamisk ordbok" [Over 4000 words in new Ume Sami dictionary]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "Gollegiella". Sametinget (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "Henrik Barruk prisas för sitt språkarbete" [Henrik Barruk Praised for His Language Work]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "På flytande umesamiska" [In Fluent Ume Sami]. www.samer.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
- ^ "Katarina Barruk". Ume Folk (in Swedish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
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