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Sámi

group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sámi people in northern Europe
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Sámi

Summary

Sámi is a language family[1]. Sámi ranks in the top 3% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sámi's instance of is recorded as language family[3].
  • Sámi is a type of Finno-Samic[4].
  • Sámi is a type of Finno-Ugric[5].
  • Sámi's writing system is recorded as Latin script[6].
  • Sámi's Commons category is recorded as Sami languages[7].
  • Sámi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sámi languages[8].
  • Sámi's Commons gallery is recorded as Sami languages[9].
  • Sámi's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+25000'}[10].
  • Sámi's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Sámi's indigenous to is recorded as Sámi people[12].
  • Sámi's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SMI[13].
  • Sámi's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Sámi-language films[14].
  • Sámi's bibliography is recorded as Saami linguistics bibliography[15].

Why It Matters

Sámi ranks in the top 3% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[2] Sámi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Sámi is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Finland Norway Oulu ovttas.no Sweden

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to → Sámi people
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+25000'}
    Writing system → Latin script
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|14 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18720, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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