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Sámi languages (/ ˈ s ɑː m i / SAH-mee), 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.
Southern or South Sámi ( Southern Sami: åarjelsaemien gïele; Norwegian: sørsamisk; Swedish: sydsamiska) is the southwesternmost of the Sámi languages, and is spoken in Norway and Sweden.
S. Sámi orthography. Categories: Indigenous languages of Europe. Languages of Finland. Languages of Norway. Languages of Russia. Languages of Sweden. Sámi peoples.
The Sámi languages are a branch of Uralic languages spoken by the Sámi people. They are spoken in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. They are related to the Finnish, the Estonian, and the Hungarian language.
Jan 17, 2024 · Sami people had 9 slightly different languages based on location of where they lived. Most of these languages have since gotten lost due to assimilation. On the map there is all the places and pcitures labled of where and a description of what the Sami peoples spoke and how many speakers are left.
Northern Sámi (davvisámegiella), the Sámi language used in this phrasebook, is the most widely-spoken of the Sámi languages. It is spoken mainly in northern Norway, northern Sweden and much of the Sámi area in Finland.
There are 10 different Sámi languages. Six of the languages can be written. The other four have very few speakers. "Archaeological research indicates that a culture identified as Sami arose in the Scandinavian peninsula between 1500 and 1000 B.C."
