Sámi languages

The Sámi languages are a branch of Uralic languages spoken by the Sámi people. They are spoken in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. They are Uralic languages like Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.

They are sometimes considered dialects of the same language, but people from different dialects mostly do not understand one another. They share many things with the Baltic-Finnic languages such as Finnish, Estonian and Karelian but are not closely related to any of them. Their grammars are similar that of Finnish, but their syntax has undergone influence from the Scandinavian languages.https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sami-language#ref28791 Accessed 2017-08-25

Some linguists have a theory that the Sámi languages have come from a Proto-Sámi language, which existed c. 500 BC.https://www.sagat.no/debatt/hva-er-samenes-eldre-historie/19.43546. Retrieved 2024-03-26https://www.academia.edu/114870366/Comment_on_the_article_Archaeology_Language_and_the_Question_of_S%C3%A1mi_Ethnogenesis?%20email_work_card=view-paper. Retrieved 2024-03-26https://www.academia.edu/105674225/Archaeology_Language_and_the_Question_of_S%C3%A1mi_Ethnogenesis?%20email_work_card=reading-history%3Cbr/%3E. Retrieved 2024-03-26

The Sámi languages include East Sámi.

 Western Sámi languages 
 Southwestern
 Southern Sami (600)
 Åsele dialect
 Jämtland dialect
 Ume Sami (20)
 Northwestern
 Northwestern proper
 Pite Sami (20)
 Lule Sami (1,000–2,000)
 Northern Sami (20,000)
 Torne Sami
 Finnmark Sami
 Sea Sami

 Eastern Sámi languages 
 Mainland
 Inari Sami (300)
 Kemi Sami (extinct)
 Skolt Sami (420)
 Akkala Sami (extinct)
 Kainuu Sami (extinct)
Peninsular
 Kildin Sami (500)
 Ter Sami (2–10)

Related pages
Sami literature

References

Category:Uralic languages
Category:Languages of Norway
Category:Languages of Finland
Category:Languages of Sweden
Category:Languages of Russia