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Name: Saami, North Type: Language Alternate Names: Lappish-Norwegian; Lappish-Swedish; Saami; Lapp; Lappish; Northern; Central; Western; Tornio Lappish; lpTornio; Saami (Northern); Ruija; Lappisch; westlappischer Dialekt; Norwegisch-Lappisch; Norwegian; lapon; sabme; same-; lopary; Norwegian Saami; Saame; Davvin; Northern Lapp; Same; Northern Saami; Samic; Northern Lappish; Lappic; "Northern Lappish"; "Norwegian Lapp"; "Lapp"; Ruija Lapp; sāme-giellâ; lappisk; lapin kieli; saamen kieli; saamskij jazyk; Westlappisch Spoken in: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia Number of speakers: 15,000 in Norway (Krauss 1995). Population total all countries: 20,700. Ethnic population: 30,000 to 40,000 in Norway (Krauss 1995) (Ethnologue) Number of speakers: 30000 (UNESCO) Number of speakers: 21000 (World Oral Literature Project) Code: sme Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Uralic (Proto-Uralic, Langue Ouraliennes, Finno-Ugrian and Samoyed) Parent Subgroup: Northern Western Sami; South Lapp; Southern dialect area; Süd-Lappisch; Southern (slap) Child Dialects: Sea Lappish; seelappische Mundarten; Seelappisch (sme-sea) Torne; Tornio Lappish; Tornelappisch (sme-tor)

Endangerment Status

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UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed