FinnFest USA organizes a webinar about languages in Finland, not only Finnish, but also Swedish, Saami, Karelian, Russian, Estonian, Finnish Romani…
The first part is on Saturday February 19, starting 11 am Central Time (Central US, that is, meaning 6 pm CET and 7 pm for those in Finland).
You can register here
Program:
19. 2. 2022:
Johanna Laakso: Everything You Ever Heard about the Finnish Language Might Be Wrong
Jan-Ola Östman: The Past, Present, and Future of the Swedish Language in Finland
26. 2. 2022:
Coppélie Cocq: The Saami Languages: Alive and Kicking
Kimmo Granqvist: Finnish Romani: The Current Sociolinguistic Situation
Helka Riionheimo: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed: Karelian, Russian, and Estonian as Minority Languages in Finland
Friederike Lüpke: Vanha ryijy uusilla kuiduilla: Weaving an Old Rug with New Yarn [about the language repertoires of African migrants to Finland]