Sami languages — language name=Sami familycolor=Uralic states=Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Russia region=Sápmi (Lapland) speakers=Approximately 20,000 30,000Fact|date=September 2008 fam2=Finno Ugric fam3=Finno Permic fam4=Finno Volgaic fam5=Finno Lappic… … Wikipedia
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Languages of Finland — Official language(s) Finnish (1st: 92%, 2nd: 6%) Swedish (1st: 6%, 2nd: 60%) Minority language(s) official: Sami, Romani, Finnish Sign Langu … Wikipedia
Languages of Sweden — Languages of country = Sweden caption = official = none unofficial = main = Swedish >90% regional = indigenous = (Unofficial languages / Dialects) Älvdalsmål, Jamtlandic, Scanian minority = (Officially recognised) Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sami … Wikipedia
Languages of Norway — Languages of country = Norway official = Norwegian (Bokmål and Nynorsk), Sami and Kven unofficial = regional = minority = Romani language foreign = English German French Danish sign = Norwegian Sign Language keyboard = Norwegian QWERTY keyboard… … Wikipedia
Sami people — For other uses, see Sami (disambiguation). Samis redirects here. For the Samis Foundation, see Sam Israel. Sámi Mari Boine • Lars Levi Læstadius • Lisa Thomasson • … Wikipedia
Sami history — The Sami peoples (originally known as Saami) have inhabited the northern regions of Fenno Scandinavia and Russia for a long time in coexistence with other peoples. The traditional Sami life style, dominated by hunting, fishing and trading, was… … Wikipedia
Sami language — ▪ language also called Lapp, any of three members of the Finno Ugric group of the Uralic language family, spoken by the Sami (Lapp) people in northern Finland, Sweden, and Norway and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. The Sami languages,… … Universalium
Sami — /say mee/, n. Lapp. * * * or Lapp Any of the descendants of ancient nomadic peoples who inhabited northern Scandinavia. They may be Paleo Siberian or alpine peoples from central Europe. Reindeer hunting was the basis of their life from earliest… … Universalium
Sami Church Council (Church of Norway) — The Sami Church Council (n.sa. Sámi girkoráđđi , l.sa. Sáme girkoráde , s.sa. Saemien gærhkoeraerie ) is the organ of the Church of Norway responsible for Sami church life. It answers to the General Synod of the Church of Norway.BackgroundThe… … Wikipedia
Languages of Russia — Languages of country = Russia caption = official = Russian official throughout nation; twenty seven others co official in various regions unofficial = main = Russian regional = indigenous = minority = immigrant = foreign = 15% have foreign… … Wikipedia