Lule Sami
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Lule Sami is an endangered language spoken by indigenous Sami people in northern Scandinavia, belonging to the Uralic language family. It matters because preserving it helps maintain the cultural heritage and identity of the Sami people, whose languages and traditions have historically been threatened by dominant national languages in the region.
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Key facts
- Native to
- Norway , Sweden
- Ethnicity
- Lule Sámi people
- Native speakers
- 650 (2015)
- Language family
- Uralic Sámi Western Central Lule– Pite Lule Sámi
- Writing system
- Latin
- Official language in
- Norway
- Recognised minority language in
- Sweden
- Iso 639 2
- smj
- Iso 639 3
- smj
- Glottolog
- lule1254
- Elp
- Lule Saami
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Lule Sámi (Lule Sami: julevsámegiella, Norwegian: lulesamisk, Swedish: lulesamiska) is a Uralic-Sámi language spoken around the Lule River in Sweden and in the northern parts of Nordland county in Norway. In Norway it is especially seen in Hamarøy Municipality (formerly Tysfjord Municipality), where Lule Sámi is one of the official languages. It is written in the Latin script, having an official alphabet.
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