Asbjørn Nesheim (14 December 1906 in

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–19 January 1989 in

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) was a Norwegian

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and

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known for his research on the

Sámi languages The Sámi languages ( ), also rendered in English language, English as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi peoples in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwest ...

and

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, particularly for his collaboration with

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on volumes four and five of Nielsen's ''Lapp Dictionary''. Nesheim was also responsible for creating and building up a Sámi Department at the

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from the 1950s on.

Bibliography

*Nesheim, Asbjørn 1942: ''Der lappische Dualis : mit Berücksichtigung finnisch-ugrischer und indo-europäischer Verhältnisse''. Skrifter / utgitt av Det norske videnskaps-akademi i Oslo. II, Hist.-filos. klasse; 1941, no. 5. Oslo : I kommisjon hos Dybwad, 1942. * Nielsen, Konrad og Asbjørn Nesheim 1932-1962: Lappisk ordbok : grunnet på dialektene i Polmak, Karasjok og Kautokeino / av Konrad Nielsen = Lapp dictionary : based on the dialects of Polmak, Karasjok and Kautokeino. Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning, serie B; 17. Oslo : Aschehoug, 1932-1962. Medforfatter for b. 4-5: Asbjørn Nesheim.

References

* Bjørkvik, Halvard: Asbjørn Nesheim 70 år. I: Kultur på karrig jord. Festskrift til Asbjørn Nesheim. Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo 1978, s. VII–IX. Linguists of Sámi 1906 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Norwegian linguists {{Norway-linguist-stub