Sami

E17274

Uralic language group indigenous language minority language

Sami is a group of indigenous Uralic languages spoken by the Sámi people across northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lule Sami	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Uralic language group ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ minority language ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	marker of Sámi identity ⓘ vehicle of traditional Sámi joik singing ⓘ
hasDialects	multiple mutually unintelligible varieties ⓘ
hasFeature	consonant gradation in some varieties ⓘ rich case system ⓘ vowel harmony in some varieties ⓘ
hasLanguage	Sámi ⓘ surface form: Inari Sami Sámi ⓘ surface form: Kildin Sami Sami self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lule Sami Sami languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Sami Sámi ⓘ surface form: Pite Sami Sámi ⓘ surface form: Skolt Sami Sami languages ⓘ surface form: Southern Sami Ter Sami ⓘ Ume Sami ⓘ
hasRegion	Lapland ⓘ surface form: Sápmi
hasStatus	endangered language group ⓘ official minority language in Finland ⓘ official minority language in Norway ⓘ official minority language in Sweden ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
partOf	Uralic language family ⓘ
recognizedBy	European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages ⓘ
relatedTo	Estonian language ⓘ Finnish language ⓘ
spokenBy	Sámi ⓘ surface form: Sámi people
spokenByMinority	in each of the four states where it is used ⓘ
spokenIn	Finland ⓘ Norway ⓘ Russia ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
spokenInRegion	Kola Peninsula ⓘ northern Finland ⓘ Northern Norway ⓘ surface form: northern Norway northern Sweden ⓘ
standardizedFor	Sami self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lule Sami Sami languages ⓘ surface form: Northern Sami Sami languages ⓘ surface form: Southern Sami
subfamilyOf	Finno-Ugric languages ⓘ
usedFor	education in some regions ⓘ literature ⓘ media in some regions ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Porsangerfjorden → associatedWithPeople → Sami ⓘ

Ume Sami → ethnicGroup → Sami ⓘ

Sami people → ethnicity → Sami ⓘ

Kola Peninsula → hasEthnicGroup → Sami ⓘ

Tysfjord → hasIndigenousPeople → Sami ⓘ

Sami → hasLanguage → Sami self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lule Sami

Rybachy Peninsula → hasMinorityLanguage → Sami ⓘ

Sami → knownAs → Sami ⓘ

Vadsø → officialLanguageMinority → Sami ⓘ

Norway → recognizedMinorityLanguage → Sami ⓘ

Sami → standardizedFor → Sami self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lule Sami