Northern Sami
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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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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.