The orthography used to write Northern Sami has experienced numerous changes over the several hundred years it has existed. For the majority of the time, each country had their own orthography that they used to teach the Sámi within their borders, although in 1979, a common orthography spanning Norway, Sweden and Finland, i.e. , the three countries where Northern Sámi is spoken, was approved.

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  • The orthography used to write Northern Sami has experienced numerous changes over the several hundred years it has existed. For the majority of the time, each country had their own orthography that they used to teach the Sámi within their borders, although in 1979, a common orthography spanning Norway, Sweden and Finland, i.e. , the three countries where Northern Sámi is spoken, was approved. The roots of the current orthography for Northern Sámi were laid by Rasmus Rask who, after discussions with Nils Vibe Stockfleth, published Ræsonneret lappisk sproglære efter den sprogart, som bruges af fjældlapperne i Porsangerfjorden i Finmarken. En omarbejdelse af Prof. Knud Leems Lappiske grammatica in 1832. Rask felt that the orthography should be based on the principle of a single grapheme for each sound. All of the orthographies that have been used for Northern Sámi trace their roots back to Rask's system. Following in the tradition of Rask meant that diacritics were used with some consonants (č, đ, ŋ, š, ŧ and ž), which caused data-processing problems before Unicode was introduced. Both Stockfleth and J.A. Friis went on to publish grammar books and dictionaries for Sámi.
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  • The orthography used to write Northern Sami has experienced numerous changes over the several hundred years it has existed. For the majority of the time, each country had their own orthography that they used to teach the Sámi within their borders, although in 1979, a common orthography spanning Norway, Sweden and Finland, i.e. , the three countries where Northern Sámi is spoken, was approved.
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  • Northern Sami orthography
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