South Saami

Name
Alternative names:
 * Southern Lapp

Location
Sweden, Norway.

Standard language 1978. Recognized minority language in Snåsa (Norway).

Speakers
About 300 in each country according to Ethnologue.

Dialects
Northern and Southern. Main Differences:
 * N -b, bt = S -m, mt
 * N -uo- = S -aa- (former *ō)
 * N -dh = S -jh (infinitive marker)
 * N r = S d (former *ð)
 * N e/ä = S a (umlaut of a/i)

Classification

 * Uralic
 * Finnic-Ugric
 * Finnic-Permic
 * Finnic-Saamic
 * Saamic
 * Southern Saamic

Other languages

 * Deutsch Südsaamisch