Pejorative alternate names

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Pejorative alternate names

Jennifer, Sun, 2022-08-14 12:27
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Your listing indicates that the names "Lapp" and "Skolt Lappish" are pejorative, but I would also recommend flagging the names "Russian Lapp" and "Lopar" as pejorative for the same reasons.  "Russian Lapp" of course simply re-uses the word "Lapp", which you have already tagged as pejorative.  "Lopar" is uncommon in English and comes from the Russian word лопарь, which even in Russian is rather dated, and again means "Lapp" (and is not specific to Skolt Saami).  All of these terms (Lapp, Skolt Lappish, Russian Lapp, Lopar) are pejorative.

Editorial Action

We will update the alternate names with the label "pejorative" for Skolt Saami [sms] in Finland and the Russian Federation, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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Chuck Fennig, Fri, 2022-08-19 16:14

Dear Jennifer,

Thank you for this information on the pejorative "Lapp" names used as alternate names for Skolt Saami [sms] in Finland and the Russian Federation.

Best wishes,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue

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