terms of division, ten or more Sami languages. Several spellings have been used for the Sámi languages, including Sámi, Sami, Saami, Saame, Sámic, Samic...
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The Sámi (/ˈsɑːmi/ SAH-mee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking indigenous people inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today...
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[which?] The Sámi languages closest to Kildin are Ter Sámi and Akkala Sámi, in Soviet tradition sometimes considered to be dialects of Kildin Sámi. From a...
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Northern Sámi or North Sámi (English: /ˈsɑːmi/ SAH-mee; Northern Sami: davvisámegiella [ˈtavːiːˌsaːmeˌkie̯lːa]; Finnish: pohjoissaame [ˈpohjoi̯ˌsːɑːme];...
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or South Sámi (Southern Sami: åarjelsaemien gïele; Norwegian: sørsamisk; Swedish: sydsamiska) is the southwesternmost of the Sámi languages, and is spoken...
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Kildin Sámi, it has recently[when?] become recognized as an independent Sámi language that is most closely related to its western neighbor Skolt Sámi, and...
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Inari Sámi (Inari Sami: anarâškielâ, lit. 'the Inarian language' or aanaarsämikielâ, 'the Inari (Aanaar) Sámi language') is a Sámi language spoken by...
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Proto-Sámi is the hypothetical, reconstructed common ancestor of the Sámi languages. It is a descendant of the Proto-Uralic language. Although the current...
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than 200 languages are estimated to be spoken across the country, including regional languages, indigenous Sámi languages, and immigrant languages. In 2009...
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Skolt Sámi (sääʹmǩiõll, pronounced [ɕa̟ːmʰʲc͡çiɘlː], lit. 'the Sámi language'; or nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll, pronounced [nuɘrʰtːɕa̟ːmʰʲc͡çiɘlː], lit. 'the Eastern...
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