RASK, RASMUS KRISTIAN: - [SAMI LANGUAGE] Raesonneret Lappisk sproglaere efter den sprogart, som bruges af fjaeldlapperene i Porsandger-fjorden i Finnmarken. (A methodical Lappish grammar based on the language used by the Lapps of the Porsanger Fjord in Finnmark). K¿benhavn, S.L. M¿ller, 1832.

. Pp. 16, 287, (1). Near contemporary half cloth, flat spine decorated and lettered in gilt, some light wear to spine, upper part of front hinge starting. Old ownership signature on front end paper and his private stamp on rear title page (Hermann Lotze 1852). Some staining. First edition based on Knud Leem's Lappish grammar (1748). Rasmus Rask, famous Danish linguist who was one of the founders of comparative linguistics. In this work, Rask established an orthography based on the principle of a single grapheme for each sound, that is, it should be a phonemic orthography. All the Northern Sami orthographies developed since 1832 trace their roots back to Rask's system. Porsanger is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It has been inhabited by Norwegians and Sami people since ancient times. In the 18th century people from Finland settled along the Porsanger river (Kven people). Vater p. 216.

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