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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 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.
Russian, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish. Religion. Sámi Shamanism. Christianity ( Lutheranism (including Laestadianism ), Eastern Orthodoxy) The Sámi ( / ˈsɑːmi / SAH-mee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi -speaking peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden ...
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South Sápmi consists of the areas south of Saltfjellet and corresponding areas in Sweden and is home to the southern languages. In this area, Sami culture is mostly visible inland and on the coast of the Baltic Sea, and the languages are spoken by few.
Northern or North Sámi (English: / ˈ s ɑː m i / SAH-mee; Northern Sami: Davvisámegiella [ˈtavːiːˌsaːmeˌkie̯lːa]; Finnish: Pohjoissaame [ˈpohjoi̯ˌsːɑːme]; Norwegian: Nordsamisk; Swedish: Nordsamiska; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages.
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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.
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The Sámi languages belong to the Finno-Ugric language family, the same family as Finnish and Hungarian. The Sámi languages are spoken across language borders, and have an especially rich vocabulary when it comes to nature terminology, for instance weather, snow conditions, and reindeer herding.
Mar 26, 2010 · The Saami Languages: the present and the future. Author. Magga. Ole Henrik; Skutnabb-Kangas. Tove. The Saami languages are Fenno-Ugrian languages spoken from central Sweden and Mid-Southern Norway to the tip of the Kola Peninsula in Russia by 25,000-35,000 speakers. The number of ethnic Saami is probably nearly 100,000.
