Sámi languages

E356523

The Sámi languages are a group of Uralic Indigenous languages spoken by the Sámi people across northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

All labels observed (7)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous languages
Uralic languages
minority languages
areEndangered true
areMutuallyIntelligibleAcrossAllVarieties false
areMutuallyIntelligibleWithinSubgroups true
areTaughtInSchoolsIn Finland
Norway
Sweden
hasExtinctMemberLanguage Akkala Sámi
linked to: Akkala Sami

Kainuu Sámi
Kemi Sámi
hasLanguageBranch Central Sámi languages
Eastern Sámi languages
Western Sámi languages
hasMemberLanguage Akkala Sámi
linked to: Akkala Sami

Inari Sámi
Kainuu Sámi
Kemi Sámi
Kildin Sámi
Lule Sámi
Northern Sámi
Pite Sámi
Skolt Sámi
linked to: Skolt Sami language

Southern Sámi
linked to: South Sami

Ter Sámi
Ume Sámi
linked to: Southern Ume Sami
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
haveOfficialStatusIn parts of Finland
parts of Norway
haveStandardizedOrthographyFor Inari Sámi
Lule Sámi
Northern Sámi
Skolt Sámi
linked to: Skolt Sami language

Southern Sámi
linked to: South Sami
haveSubjectCodeISO_639_5 smi
languageFamily Uralic language family
linked to: Uralic languages
protectedBy European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
recognizedAsMinorityLanguagesIn Finland
Norway
Russia
Sweden
spokenBy Sámi people
linked to: Sámi
spokenIn Finland
Norway
Russia
Sweden
Sápmi
subclassOf Finno-Ugric languages

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Yleisradio languageOfBroadcast Sámi languages
Finno-Ugric languages hasMember Saami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Kingdom of Sweden recognizedMinorityLanguage Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Norwegian language policy framework recognizes Sami as indigenous languages in Norway
linked to: Sámi languages
Ole Nilsen Ravna language Sámi language
linked to: Sámi languages
Finno-Ugric peoples hasLanguageBranch Saamic languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Sámi Language Council in Finland domain Sámi languages
Sami camp languageContext Sámi languages
Pomor Russian influencedBy Saami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
YLE languageOfBroadcast Sámi languages
Yle TV channels language Sámi languages
Finnish law minorityLanguageProtection Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Northern Ume Sami languageBranch Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Western Sami languages subclassOf Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Western Sami languages languageBranch Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Central Sami languages subclassOf Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Yle languageOfBroadcast Sámi languages
Southern Ume Sami languageBranch Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Eastern Ter Sami languageBranch Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Inari Sami language languageBranch Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Ter Sami language subfamily Sami languages
linked to: Sámi languages
Kolt Saami partOf Sámi languages of Russia
linked to: Sámi languages
Lule Sámi partOf Sámi languages
North Sámi subfamilyOf Sámi languages
North Sámi mostWidelySpokenOf Sámi languages
Western Sámi language subclassOf Sámi languages
Western Sámi language languageBranchOf Sámi languages