Sentence examples for sami languages from inspiring English sources

The Sami languages contain many Scandinavian and some Russian loanwords.

The Sami languages, which are mutually unintelligible, are sometimes considered dialects of one language.

The three Sami languages, which are mutually unintelligible, are sometimes considered dialects of one language.

The other northern and eastern Sami languages display similar alternations, but there is considerable diversity in the phonetic details.

Of the 11 Sami languages, 3 are spoken in Finland: North Sami, Inari Sami (spoken only in Finland), and Skolt Sami.

The Sami languages are related to Finnish, with North Sami being the most widely spoken, by almost four-fifths of the Sami population.

Sami, also spelled Saami, or Same, Sami, Sabme, also called Lapp, any member of a people speaking the Sami language and inhabiting Lapland and adjacent areas of northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland, as well as the Kola Peninsula of Russia.

(The names are from the Sami language family, which is currently undergoing a revival.

"I think the Sami language is really, really integral to understanding who they are," she said.

The Sami language was recognised as an official minority language in 2000.

After separating from early proto-Finnic about 3,000 years ago, the Sami language became divided into a number of very different dialects.