Southern or South Sámi (Southern Sami: åarjelsaemien gïele; Norwegian: sørsamisk; Swedish: sydsamiska) is the southwesternmost of the Sámi languages, and...
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The Sámi (/ˈsɑːmi/ SAH-mee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today...
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Northern Sámi (26,000 speakers) Southwestern Sámi Southern Sámi (600 speakers) Ume Sámi (20 speakers) The above figures are approximate. The Sami languages...
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A Sámi drum is a shamanic ceremonial drum used by the Sámi people of Northern Europe. Sámi ceremonial drums have two main variations, both oval-shaped:...
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created a reawakening and defense of Sámi culture in recent years. Of the eleven different historically attested Sámi languages (traditionally known as "dialects")...
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Sápmi (redirect from Sámi native region)
Sääʹmjânnam, Kildin Sami: Са̄мь е̄ммьне, romanized: Saam' jiemm'n'e) is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Sápmi is in Northern...
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Sámi orthography refers to the various orthographies used by the eight Sámi languages that have their own literary language: Southern Sámi, Ume Sámi, Pite...
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traditional Sámi music songs (e.g. Kvad and Leudd songs) and joiks are important musical expressions of the Sámi people and Sámi languages. The Sámi also use...
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Northern or North Sámi (English: /ˈsɑːmi/ SAH-mee; Northern Sami: Davvisámegiella [ˈtavːiːˌsaːmeˌkie̯lːa]; Finnish: Pohjoissaame [ˈpohjoi̯ˌsːɑːme]; Norwegian:...
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Sámi politics refers to politics that concern the Sámi ethnic group in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. In a more narrow sense, it has come to indicate...
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Pite Sámi or Arjeplog Sámi (Pite Sami: Bidumsámegiella, Swedish: Pitesamiska, Norwegian: Pitesamisk) is a Sámi language traditionally spoken in Sweden...
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Ume Sámi (Ume Sami: Ubmejesámiengiälla, Norwegian: Umesamisk, Swedish: Umesamiska) is a Sámi language spoken in Sweden and formerly in Norway. It is a...
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Sámedigge, Ume Sami: Sámiediggie, Southern Sami: Saemiedigkie, Skolt Sami: Sääʹmteʹǧǧ) is the representative body for people of Sámi heritage in Norway. It acts...
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Finnish Sámi shaman Matti Aikio (1872–1929) early Norwegian Sámi writer Pekka Aikio (born 1944), Finnish Sami politician, president of the Sámi Parliament...
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Proto-Sámi is the hypothetical, reconstructed common ancestor of the Sámi languages. It is a descendant of the Proto-Uralic language. Although the current...
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Scandinavia (category Articles containing Northern Sami-language text)
present in southern Sámi, which is considered to have a different language history. According to the Sámi Information Centre of the Sámi Parliament of...
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Faroese, and Southern Sámi languages. It is mostly used as to represent the mid front rounded vowels, such as [ø] and [œ] , except for Southern Sámi where it...
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spoke a Sámi language List of Chairpersons of the Sami Parliament of Sweden Sámi politics Sámi Parliament of Finland Sámi Parliament of Norway Sámi Parliament...
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some Sámi migrated to Nordland in Norway, and their descendants still live in Norway, and speak Lule Sámi. The first book written in Lule Sámi, Hålaitattem...
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Sámi Association (Northern Sami: Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi [ˈnorːkka ˈsaːmijt ˈrijːkaˌsea̯rːviː]; Lule Sami: Vuona Sámij Rijkasiebre; Southern Sami:...
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The origin of the Sámi has been of research interest since at least the early 17th century. Initially, the Sámi were grouped together with ethnic Finns...
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Languages of Sweden (section Sámi languages)
Tornionlaaksonsuomi or Tornedalian), Romani, Sámi languages (in particular Lule, Northern, and Southern Sámi), and Yiddish. The Language Law of 2009 confirms...
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Siida (redirect from Sámi village)
is a Sámi local community that has existed from time immemorial. A siida (Northern Sami: siida; Inari Sami: sijdâ; Southern Sami: sïjte; Lule Sami: tjiellde;...
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Noaidi (redirect from Sámi shaman)
nuejjt, Pite Sami: nåjjde) is a shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic countries, playing a role in Sámi religious practices. Most noaidi practices died...
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Ella Holm Bull (category Southern Sámi people)
October 1929 – 21 September 2006) was a Southern Sámi teacher and author, dedicated to promoting the Southern Sami language for many years. Together with...
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Saami Council (redirect from Sámi Parliamentary Council)
Sami: Са̄мь Соббар; Pite Sami: Sámerárre) is a voluntary, non-governmental organization of the Sámi people made up of nine Sámi member organizations from...
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Lene Cecilia Sparrok (category Sámi actors)
1997) is a Norwegian Southern Sámi reindeer herder and actress. She was the main protagonist, Elle-Marja, in the Sami 2016 film Sami Blood, for which she...
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Goahti (category Sámi culture)
A goahti (Northern Sámi), goahte (Lule Sámi), gåhte (Pite Sámi), gåhtie (Ume Sámi) or gåetie (Southern Sámi), (also gábma), (Norwegian: gamme, Finnish:...
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Uralic languages family of Eurasia. Siberian origins are still visible in the Sámi, Finns and other populations of the Finno-Ugric language family. An abundance...
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List of municipalities of Norway (category Articles containing Southern Sami-language text)
baakoegærja [Nedtedigibaakoeh. Southern Sámi-Norwegian-Southern Sámi Dictionary] (in Southern Sami). Tromsø: University of Tromsø. "Norske fylke...
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