Pekka Lars Kalervo Sammallahti is a professor of Sámi languages

Sami languages

Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently and erroneously believed to be a single language. Several names are used for the Sami...

 at the Giellagas Institute at the University of Oulu

University of Oulu

The University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 16,000 students and 3,000 staff...

. A prolific writer, he has published more than 100 books and articles related to Sápmi and the various Sámi languages

Sami languages

Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently and erroneously believed to be a single language. Several names are used for the Sami...

. 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

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway.-History:The University of Oslo was established in 1811. The idea of a learned society in Christiania surfaced for the first time in 1841. The city of Throndhjem had no university, but had a learned...

.

He is the only brother of photographer Pentti Sammallahti

Pentti Sammallahti

Pentti Sammallahti is a Finnish photographer. He is the only brother of Finnish linguist Pekka Sammallahti.He taught at the Art and Design University in Helsinki for 17 years. In 1991 he was given a twenty-year grant by the Finnish government.-References:...

.

Works

• Korhonen, Mikko, Jouni Mosnikoff, Pekka Sammallahti. 1973: Koltansaamen opas
  Skolt Sami
  Skolt Sami is a Uralic, Sami language spoken by approximately 400 speakers in Finland, mainly in Sevettijärvi, and approximately 20–30 speakers of the Njuõˊttjäuˊrr dialect in an area surrounding Lake Lovozero in Russia. Skolt Sami used to also be spoken on the Neiden area of Norway,...
  
  . Castrenianumin toimitteita ; 4. Helsinki : Suomalais-ugrilainen seura,
• Mosnikoff, Jouni & Pekka Sammallahti 1988: U'cc sääm-lää'dd sää'nnkeârjaz = Pieni koltansaame-suomi sanakirja [Utsjoki] : Jorgaleaddji, 1988.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 1974: Material from Forest Nenets. Castrenianumin toimitteita ; 2 Helsinki : [s.n.], 1974.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 1975: Sodankylän saamelaisten entistä elämää. Elsa-Marja Aikion kertomana. Castrenianumin toimitteita ; 14 Helsinki : [s.n.], 1975.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 1977: Norjansaamen Itä-Enontekiön murteen äänneoppi. Suomalais-ugrilaisen seuran toimituksia ; 160 Helsinki : Suomalais-ugrilainen seura.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 1980: Jietnadatoahppa : fonetihka vuođđoássit 1. Dieđut ; Nr.2-1980.Guovdageaidnu : Sámi instituhtta, 1980.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 1989: Sámi-suoma sátnegirji = Saamelais-suomalainen sanakirja. Ohcejohka : Jorgaleaddji.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 1993: Sámi-suoma-sámi sátnegirji = Saamelais-suomalais-saamelainen sanakirja. Ohcejohka : Girjegiisá
• Sammallahti, Pekka & Mosnikoff, Jouni 1991: Suomi-koltansaame sanakirja = Lää'dd-sää'm sää'nnke'rjj. Ohcejohka : Girjegiisá, 1991.
• Sammallahti, Pekka & Morottaja, Matti 1993: Säämi-suomâ sänikirje = Inarinsaamelais-suomalainen sanakirja. Ohcejohka : Girjegiisá, 1991.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 1998: The Saami languages : an introduction. Kárásjohka : Davvi girji.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 2002: North Saami resource dictionary. Publications of the Giellagas Institute ; vol. 1. Oulu : Oulun Yliopisto
  University of Oulu
  The University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 16,000 students and 3,000 staff...
  
  , 2002.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 2005: Láidehus sámegiela cealkkaoahpa dutkamii. Kárásjohka : Davvi girji, 2005.
• Sammallahti, Pekka & Klaus Peter Nickel 2006: Sámi-duiskka sátnegirji = Sáámisch-deutsches wörterbuch.. Karasjok : Davvi Girji, 2006.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 2007: Gielladutkama terminologiija. Kárásjohka : Davvi girji, 2007.
• Sammallahti, Pekka 2007: Inarinsaamen käänteissanakirja - Inari Saami Reverse Dictionary. Publications of the Giellagas Institute ; vol. 6. Oulu : [Oulun Yliopisto], 2007.
• Nickel, Klaus Peter & Pekka Sammallahti 2008: Duiskka-sámi sátnegirji = Deutsch-saamisches wörterbuch.. Karasjok : Davvi Girji, 2008.
• Nickel, Klaus Peter & Pekka Sammallahti 2011: Nordsamisk grammatikk.. Karasjok : Davvi Girji, 2011.

External links

• Siida article on Pekka Sammallahti