Northern Sami
most widely spoken of all Sámi languages
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Summary
Northern Sami is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,614 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Finnmark[3], Troms[4], Ofoten[5], Utsjoki[6], Sodankylä[7], Enontekiö[8], Kiruna Municipality[9], Gällivare Municipality[10], Jokkmokk Municipality[11], Arjeplog Municipality[12], Arvidsjaur Municipality[13], Karesuando Municipality[14], Jukkasjärvi[15]
- Country: Norway[16], Sweden[17], Finland[18]
- Instance of: modern language[19]
- Subclass of: Western Sami[20]
- Writing system: Latin script[21], Northern Sami Braille[22], Northern Sami orthography[23]
- Commons category: Northern Sami language[24]
- Wikimedia language code: se[25]
- Coordinate location: 69, 21[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Northern Sámi[27]
- Described at URL: https://uralic.clld.org/languages/16[28]
- Language regulatory body: Sámi Giellagáldu[29]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 20,000[30], 1700[31], 4000[32], 25,700[33]
- Topic has template: Template:Se icon[34], Q102826201[35]
- Native label: davvisámegiella[36], sámegiella[37]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[38]
- Indigenous to: Northern Sámi people[39], Lapland[40], Nordland[41], Troms[42], Finnmark[43], Norrbotten County[44]
- Female form of label: la langue same du Nord[45]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SME[46]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[47], genitive case[48], accusative case[49], illative case[50], locative case[51], comitative case[52], essive case[53]
- Has tense: present tense[54], past tense[55]
Why It Matters
Northern Sami has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]