North Saami

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North Saami
Autoglottonym: Davvisámegiella
Pronunciation: [{{{Pronunciation}}}]
Ethnologue name: Saami, North
OLAC name: {{{OLACname}}}
Location point:
Genealogy
Family: Uralic
Genus: Saamic
Speakers
Country: Sweden, Norway
Official in:
Speakers: 15000 (Norway); 25000 (all Countries)
Writing system: {{{WritingSyst}}}
Codes
ISO 639-1: -
ISO 639-2: sme
ISO 639-3: {{{ISO3}}}

Name

Alternative names:

  • Northern Lapp
  • Norwegian Lapp

Location

Sweden, Norway, Finland.

Standard language 1948, reformed 1973. Recognized minority language in the municipalities of Kautokeino, Karasjok, Kåfjord, Nesseby, Porsanger, Tana (N), Gällivare, Jokkmokk, Kiruna (S), and Enontekiö, Inari, Sodankylä, Utsjoki (SF).

Speakers

15000 in Norway, 4000 in Sweden, and 2000 in Finland according to Ethnologue.

Dialects

Classification

Uralic
Finnic-Ugric
Saamic
Central Saamic

References

Other languages