Ingvil Nordland
@ingvilnord
Senior Advisor for the Language Council of Norway. PhD candidate @UniNMBU, researching the politics of place naming. UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names.
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12-11-2013 13:27:08
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Our Dr John Baker spoke to Tom Lamont about the origins of place-names for this article in the The Guardian all about the names that sound (but generally aren't) filthy! @uonenglish UoNArts google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theg…
Geographical names standardization in Norway. The Coordination Meeting between the Norwegian Mapping Agency, Sami Parliament and the Norwegian Language Council taking place in Kautokeino 17-19 October @samediggi @sprakradet Kartverket
Gamifying geographical names! The Coordination Meeting covers many diverse subjects, also teaching. UNGEGN expert Maria Louise Sara developed this excellent game as part of her course in geographical names. Sámediggi Sametinget @Kartverket @sprakradet
UNGEGN Sámediggi Sametinget Kartverket @sprakradet In March, our delegate Maria Louise Sara will participate in Finnmarksløpet – the longest dog-sled race in Europe! Hear and read her stories about the Sami place names here: checkpoints.finnmarkslopet.no.