Henrik Barruk
Born
Lars Henrik Andreas Barruk

(1961-02-26) February 26, 1961
Västerås, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Sámi language teacher and consultant
Known forUme Sámi language revitalization

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.

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

  1. ↑ Hofsten, Ingela (July 2011). "Överlevnadskurs i samiska" [Survival Sámi Course]. Språk Tidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Gollegiella". Sametinget (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  5. ↑ "Henrik Barruk prisas för sitt språkarbete" [Henrik Barruk Praised for His Language Work]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  6. ↑ "På flytande umesamiska" [In Fluent Ume Sami]. www.samer.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  7. ↑ "Katarina Barruk". Ume Folk (in Swedish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
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