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Name:
Saami, South
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Lappish-Norwegian; Lappish-Swedish; Saami; Lapp; Lappish; Northern; Central; Western; Saami (Central-South); Saami (Southern); Lappisch; Norwegisch-Lappisch; Norwegian; lapon; sabme; same-; lopary; Lappic; southwest dialect; "Lapp"; Southern Lapp; "Northern Lappish"; "Norwegian Lapp"; Same; Samic; sāme-giellâ; lappisk; lapin kieli; saamen kieli; saamskij jazyk; Westlappisch; schwedisch-lappische Dialektgruppe; Südlappisch
Spoken in:
Sweden, Norway
Number of speakers:
300 in Sweden (Krauss 1995). Population total all countries: 600. Ethnic population: 600 in Sweden
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
500
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
600
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
sma
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Uralic (Proto-Uralic, Langue Ouraliennes, Finno-Ugrian and Samoyed)
Parent Subgroup:
Southern Western Sami (swsm)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Map of Saami, South
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