Introduction

Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe.

Sami is frequently (and erroneously) believed to be a single language. Several names are used for the Sami languages: Saami, Sámi, Samic, Saamic, Lappish and Lappic. The last two are, along with the term Lapp, considered derogatory by some.

Geographic distribution

Sami languages on the Northern European map

Language Family Tree

• Eastern Saami
  • Mainland Eastern Saami
    • [sia] Akkala Saami
    • [smn] Inari Saami
    • [sjk] Kemi Saami
      • Kainuu Sami
    • [sms] Skolt Saami
  • Peninsular Eastern Saami
    • [sjd] Kildin Saami
    • [sjt] Ter Saami
• Western Saami
  • Central Western Saami
    • [smj] Lule Saami
    • [sme] North Saami
    • [sje] Pite Saami
  • Southwestern Saami
    • [sma] South Saami
    • [sju] Ume Saami

Languages Sorted Alphabetically

• Kainuu Sami
• Kemi Sami
• Saami, Akkala
• Saami, Inari
• Saami, Kildin
• Saami, Lule
• Saami, North
• Saami, Pite
• Saami, Skolt
• Saami, South
• Saami, Ter
• Saami, Ume