Sámi languages
Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sámi languages (/ˈsɑːmi/ SAH-mee),[4] in English also rendered as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Indigenous Sámi people in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwestern Russia). There are, depending on the nature and terms of division, ten or more Sami languages. Several spellings have been used for the Sámi languages, including Sámi, Sami, Saami, Saame, Sámic, Samic and Saamic, as well as the exonyms Lappish and Lappic. The last two, along with the term Lapp, are now often considered pejorative.[5]
Quick Facts Native to, Region ...
| Sámi | |
|---|---|
| Sami, Saami, Samic | |
| Native to | Finland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden |
| Region | Sápmi |
| Ethnicity | Sámi |
Native speakers | (30,000 cited 1992–2013)[1] |
Early form | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Norway;[2][3] recognized as a minority language in several municipalities of Finland and Sweden. |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | smi |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:sma – Southernsju – Umesje – Pitesmj – Lulesme – Northernsjk – Kemismn – Inarisms – Skoltsia – Akkalasjd – Kildinsjt – Ter |
| Glottolog | saam1281 |
 Recent distribution of the Sami languages: 1. Southern Sami, 2. Ume Sami, 3. Pite Sami, 4. Lule Sami, 5. Northern Sami, 6. Inari Sami, 7. Skolt Sami, 8. Kildin Sami, 9. Ter Sami. Striped areas are multilingual or overlapping. | |
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