Sámi

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Finno-Ugric people Indigenous people ethnic group

The Sámi are an Indigenous Finno-Ugric people of northern Europe, traditionally known for reindeer herding, fishing, and a distinct cultural and linguistic heritage across parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Sámi people 10
Inari Sami 1
Kildin Sami 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
culturalHeritage oral storytelling tradition ⓘ
reindeer marking and migration routes ⓘ
culturalPractice duodji (traditional handicraft) ⓘ
joik singing ⓘ
culturalRegionIncludes Kola Peninsula ⓘ
northern Finland ⓘ
Northern Norway ⓘ
surface form: northern Norway

northern Sweden ⓘ
ethnicity Indigenous people of northern Europe ⓘ
hasLanguage Inari Sámi ⓘ
Kildin Sámi ⓘ
Sámi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lule Sámi

Sami languages ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sámi

Pite Sámi ⓘ
Inari Sámi ⓘ
surface form: Skolt Sámi

Sami languages ⓘ
surface form: Southern Sámi

Ter Sámi ⓘ
Ume Sami ⓘ
surface form: Ume Sámi
hasParliament Sámediggi (Finland) ⓘ
Sámediggi (Norway) ⓘ
Sámediggi (Sweden) ⓘ
languageFamily Finno-Ugric languages ⓘ
Uralic languages ⓘ
minorityStatus national minority in Finland ⓘ
national minority in Norway ⓘ
national minority in Sweden ⓘ
organization Saami Council ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousBy Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
region Lapland ⓘ
surface form: Sápmi
religion Indigenous Sámi religion ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Christianity

shamanism ⓘ
traditionalClothing gákti ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood semi-nomadic reindeer pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
reindeer herding ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Sámi people
this entity surface form: Sámi people
this entity surface form: Sámi people in Finland
Pite Sámi → ethnicGroup → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sámi people
this entity surface form: Sámi people
Sami → hasLanguage → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inari Sami
Sami → hasLanguage → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skolt Sami
Sami → hasLanguage → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kildin Sami
Sami → hasLanguage → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pite Sami
Sámi → hasLanguage → Sámi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lule Sámi
this entity surface form: Saami people
Saami Council → represents → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sámi people
Kildin Sámi → spokenBy → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sámi people
Sami → spokenBy → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sámi people
Sami languages → spokenBy → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sámi people
Pite Sámi → subfamily → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sámi people
subject surface form: Northern Sweden
this entity surface form: Sámi people
Sami languages → usedIn → Sámi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sámi media