Sami languages

has 10 synonyms ↓

• Eastern Sami languages
• Lappic
• Lappish language
• Saami language
• Saami languages
• Saamic
• Sámegiella
• Sami language
• Samisk
• Western Sami languages
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1. Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Finnic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe

   

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2. Sami is frequently (and erroneously) believed to be a single language

   

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4. Several names are used for the Sami languages: Saami, Sámi, Samic, Saamic, Lappish and Lappic

   

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5. The last two are, along with the term Lapp, considered derogatory by some

   

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6. are spoken in Sápmi in Northern Europe, in a region stretching over the four countries Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, reaching from the southern part of central Scandinavia in the southwest to the tip of the Kola Peninsula in the east

   geographic distribution

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   Historically verified distribution of the Sami languages: 1

   

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8. Kimberli Mäkäräinen

   

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   A bilingual street sign in Enontekiö in both Finnish (top) and Northern Sámi

   

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10. Sami Language Resources

    

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11. Álgu database

    

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12. The Proto-Sami language is believed to have formed in the vicinity of the Gulf of Finland between 1000 B.C. to 700 A.D. derived from a common Proto-Sami-Finnic language (M. Korhonen 1981)

    history

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13. Risten

    

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14. Sámi Language Act

    

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15. Sámedikki giellastivra

    

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16. use an extended version of the Latin alphabet

    orthography

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17. Adopted in April 1988, Article 110a of the Norwegian Constitution states

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18. "It is the responsibility of the authorities of the State to create conditions enabling the Sami people to preserve and develop its language, culture and way of life." The Sami Language Act went into effect in the 1990s

    official status

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