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Northern Sami language

NameNorthern Sami
Nativenamedavvisámegiella / sámegiella
RegionNorway, Sweden, Finland
Speakers15,000-25,000 (estimated)
Iso1se
Iso2sme
Iso3sme
FamilycolorUralic
Fam2Sami
Fam3Western
ScriptLatin alphabet
MapcaptionNorthern Sami is 5 on this map.
NoticeIPA

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Northern or North Sami (Sámegiella or Davvisámegiella, formerly Davvisámi or Davvisaami; disapproved exonym Lappish or Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sami languages. The speaking area of Northern Sami covers the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland. The number of Northern Sami speakers is estimated to be somewhere between 15,000 and 25,000. About 2000 of these live in Finland and between 5000 and 6000 in Sweden.


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