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Name:
Saami, Inari
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Saami; Lapp; Lappish; Inari Lappish; Eastern; lpInari; Inari; Inari dialect; Lappisch; ostlappischer Dialekt; Inari-Lappisch; Enare-Lappisch; lapon; sabme; same-; lopary; Saam; Saame; Anar; Samic; Sámi; Lappic; east dialect; Inari "Lappish"; "Finnish Lapp"; "Lapp"; Inari Lapp; Eastern Saami; sāme-giellâ; lappisk; lapin kieli; saamen kieli; saamskij jazyk; Ostlappisch
Spoken in:
Finland
Number of speakers:
300 (2001 census). 4,700 all Saami in Finland (1995). Ethnic population: 700 (1995 M. Krauss)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
400
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
250
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
smn
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Uralic (Proto-Uralic, Langue Ouraliennes, Finno-Ugrian and Samoyed)
Parent Subgroup:
Eastern Sami; East Lapp; Eastern dialect area; Eastern Samic; Eastern (elap)
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
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