Čállinmeattáhusaid guorran
Lene Antonsen (UiT Norgga árktalaš universitehta)
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Lean guorahallan davvisámegiel teavsttaid, maid lean viežžan interneahtas Norggas ja Suomas, oaidnin dihte mo čállit hálddašit čállingiela ja mat leat dábáleamos čállinmeattáhusat. Dutkanmateriálas 4 % sániin eai leat čállojuvvon norpma mielde, ja analysa čájeha ahte ii leat doarvái dušše máhttit iežas dadjama ja čállingiela njuolgga oktavuođa, muhto eksplisihtta grammatihkkamáhttu lea maiddái dárbbašlaš. Stuorimus čuolmmat leat earuhit čállingiela a ja á ja čállit konsonántaguovddáža riekta, ja erenoamážit sániin, main lea i-mátta, bohciidit váttisvuođat sojahangehčosiin. Čálli dárbbaša maiddái diehtit mo heivehit loatnasániid ja lasihit kásusgehčosiid initiálaoanádusaide ja loguide. Sátnedárkkistanprográmma fuomášuhttá 78 % čállinmeattáhusain, ja 82 %:s dain dáhpáhusain prográmma fállá čállái rivttes čállinhámi.
Tracking misspellings
This article presents a study of North Saami texts published in Norway and Finland and collected from the Internet in order to see how native writers master the orthography, and what kind of misspellings are the most frequent ones. In the material, 4% of the words are not written according to the norm. The analysis of the mistakes reveals that it is not enough to know the relationship between pronunciation and the orthographic rules; knowledge of formal grammar is also necessary. The biggest problem is to distinguish between a and á, and to write the consonant centre of the word correctly. Finding the correct combination of stem and suffix is problematic, especially for i-stems. The writer also needs to know how to adapt loan words to the orthography. The existence of a wide range of possible variants of some frequent loan words only makes it worse. The biggest group of misspellings contains incorrect case suffixing of acronyms and numbers. These rules are complex and contra intuitive. The North Saami spell checking program discovers 78% of the misspellings and offers the correct spelling among the five first candidates in 82% of the cases.