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Jens Andreas Friis (2 May 1821 in Sogndal Norway – 16 February 1896 in Kristiania) was a Norwegian linguist and author. He is widely recognized as the founder of the Sami language studies. 〔(''Jens Andreas Friis'' (Store norske leksikon) )〕 ==Biography== Friis completed his final exams from Møllers Institute in Christiania in 1840 and earned his cand.theol. in 1844. From 1847-49, he was a research fellow in Sami and Finnish. By the autumn of 1849, he went on a grant to Kajaani, Finland to continue his studies under Lönnrot Elias, the founder of Finnish folklore studies. Friis stayed for a time in Finnmark and in return he assumed teaching ministry for priests. Friis was appointed reader in Sami languages at the University of Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1863. Three years later he was awarded a chair in the Lapp and Kven languages, with a special duty in translation. He published on the Sami language and mythology as well as travel literature about Northern Norway. His novel ''Lajla'' from 1881 was later adapted in three movies. Friis established the northern Sami orthography, which although modified through three spelling reforms is in common usage. Until the Konrad Nielsen's dictionary '' Lappisk ordbok'' was published in three volumes between 1932 to 1938, Friis' Sami dictionary was the most important of its kind. Friis also translated ''With Nansen over Greenland in 1888: My journey from Lapland to Greenland'' by Samuel Balto from the original Sami into the Norwegian language.〔(''J. A. Friis'' (Store norske leksikon) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jens Andreas Friis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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