Sami leids
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| Sami | |
|---|---|
| Lappish | |
| Saami | |
| Native tae | Finland, Norawa, Roushie, and Swaden |
| Region | Sápmi |
| Ethnicity | Sami people |
Native speakers | (30,000 citit 1992–2013)[1] |
Uralic
| |
Early form | |
| Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Sweden and some parts of Norawa; recognized as a minority language in several municipalities of Finland. |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:sma – Southernsju – Umesje – Pitesmj – Lulesme – Northernsjk – Kemismn – Inarisms – Skoltsia – Akkalasjd – Kildinsjt – Ter |
| Glottolog | saam1281[2] |
 Historically verified distribution o the Sami leids: 1. Soothren Sami, 2. Ume Sami, 3. Pite Sami, 4. Lule Sami, 5. Northren Sami, 6. Skolt Sami, 7. Inari Sami, 8. Kildin Sami, 9. Ter Sami. Darkened aurie represents municipalities that recognise Sami as an offeecial leid. | |
Sami is a group o Uralic leids spoken bi the Sami fowk in Northren Europe (in pairts o northern Finland, Norawa, Swaden an extreme northwastren Roushie). Thare are, dependin on the naitur an terms o diveesion, ten or mair Sami leids. Several names are uised for the Sami leids: Saami, Sámi, Saame, Samic, Saamic, as well as the exonyms Lappish an Lappic. The last twa, alang wi the term Lapp, are nou eften conseedert derogatory.[3]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Southern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ume at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Pite at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Lule at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Northern at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kemi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
(Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Saami". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Karlsson, Fred (2008). An Essential Finnish Grammar. Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-415-43914-5.
