Western Sami languages

E360657
Sami language subgroup Uralic language subgroup

Western Sami languages are a subgroup of the Sami language family spoken by Indigenous Sami communities primarily in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Western Sami languages canonical 7
Western Sami 4
Western Sámi languages 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sami language subgroup ⓘ
Uralic language subgroup ⓘ
areEndangered true ⓘ
culturalRole marker of Sami identity ⓘ
geographicDistribution Northern Finland ⓘ
Northern Norway ⓘ
northern Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sweden

Sápmi ⓘ
hasMember Lule Sami ⓘ
Northern Sami language ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sami

Pite Sámi ⓘ
surface form: Pite Sami

Southern Sami language ⓘ
surface form: Southern Sami

Ume Sami ⓘ
haveOfficialStatusIn Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
historicalRegion Fennoscandia ⓘ
languageBranch Sámi languages ⓘ
surface form: Sami languages
languageFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
linguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
partOf Sami language family ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityLanguagesIn Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
relatedTo Eastern Sámi languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Sami languages
shareFeatureWith consonant gradation ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ
vowel harmony in some varieties ⓘ
spokenBy Indigenous peoples of Northern Europe ⓘ
Sami people ⓘ
spokenIn Finland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
subclassOf Sámi languages ⓘ
surface form: Sami languages

Uralic languages ⓘ
subjectOf language revitalization efforts ⓘ
linguistic research on Uralic languages ⓘ
usedFor education in Sami schools ⓘ
local media ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
traditional Sami culture ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (14)

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

Sami languages → hasBranch → Western Sami languages ⓘ
Ume Sami → languageBranch → Western Sami languages ⓘ
Lule Sami language → subgroup → Western Sami languages ⓘ
Lule Sami language → languageBranch → Western Sami languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sami
Southern Sami language → subfamilyOf → Western Sami languages ⓘ
Eastern Sámi languages → relatedTo → Western Sami languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sámi languages
Lule Sami → branch → Western Sami languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sami
Sámi languages → hasLanguageBranch → Western Sami languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sámi languages
Central Sami languages → contrastWith → Western Sami languages ⓘ
Akkala Sami → subfamilyOf → Western Sami languages ⓘ
Southern Ume Sami → languageGroup → Western Sami languages ⓘ
Ume Sami language → languageBranch → Western Sami languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sami
Eastern Sami → relatedTo → Western Sami languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sami
Western Sámi language → memberOf → Western Sami languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sámi subgroup