Northern Sami

Also known as North Sami, Davvisámegiella, Davvisámi, Davvisaami, Davvisamegiella, Davvisami, Northern Saami

most widely spoken of all Sámi languages

AI overview

Northern Sami is the most widely spoken language among the Sámi people, an indigenous group living in northern Scandinavia and Russia. It matters because it represents an important part of Sámi cultural identity and heritage in a region where indigenous languages face pressure from dominant national languages.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Northern Sami is referenced by 1,159 other articles, and connects out to Enets, Mator and Sámi.

Vinony files it under Language articles citing Ethnologue 18, Language articles with old Ethnologue 18 speaker data and Languages of Finland.

Its subject is documented across 80 Wikipedia language editions.

Described at

UraTyp - Language North Saami

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Wikidata facts

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P10369: Peru
Wikimedia language code: se
native label: sámegiella
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 25700
Commons category: Northern Sami language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SME
P11012: Astana
described at URL: uralic.clld.org/languages/16
female form of label: la langue same du Nord

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Speakers of Northern Sámi Northern Sámi (or North Sámi; US: /ˈsɑːmi/ SAH-mee, UK: also /ˈsæmi/ SAM-ee; Northern Sami: davvisámegiella [ˈtavːiːˌsaːmeˌkie̯lːa]; Finnish: pohjoissaame [ˈpohjoi̯sˌsɑːme]; Norwegian: nordsamisk; Swedish: nordsamiska; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sámi languages. The area where Northern Sámi is spoken covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Northern Sami” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.