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Name:
Saami, Lule
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Lappish-Norwegian; Lappish-Swedish; Lule-Lappish; Saami; Lapp; Lappish; Northern; Lule Lappish; Central; Western; lpLule; Lule; Lappisch; westlappischer Dialekt; Schwedisch-Lappisch; Lule-Lappisch; lapon; sabme; same-; lopary; Saame; Lappic; "Lapp"; Lule Lapp; sāme-giellâ; lappisk; lapin kieli; saamen kieli; saamskij jazyk; Westlappisch; schwedisch-lappische Dialektgruppe; Lulelappisch
Spoken in:
Sweden, Norway
Number of speakers:
1,500 in Sweden (Krauss 1995). Population total all countries: 2,000. Ethnic population: 6,000 in Sweden
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
2000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
smj
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)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Saami, Lule
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