Kainuu Sami
Facts
- Language: Kainuu Sami
- Alternate names:
- Language code: dsjkk
- Language family:
- Dialect of: Kemi Sami
- Number of speakers: Extinct
- Script:
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Introduction
Kainuu Sámi is an extinct Sámi language that was once spoken in Kainuu. It became extinct in the 18th century when the Kainuu Sámi likely assimilated to the culture of the growing Finnish population.
The Kainuu Sami Verb
Kainuu Sami verbs are conjugated for person, number, tense, and mood. The language has two tenses: the present and the past, and two moods: indicative and imperative.
In the present tense, the verb stem is combined with various personal endings to indicate the subject of the sentence. Kainuu Sami has a total of six personal endings, one for each person and number:
- 1st person singular -n
- 2nd person singular -t
- 3rd person singular -i
- 1st person plural -ma
- 2nd person plural -tte
- 3rd person plural -vat
In the past tense, the verb stem is combined with an auxiliary verb and a personal ending to indicate the subject of the sentence. Kainuu Sami has two auxiliary verbs for the past tense, "led" and "olled", and a total of six personal endings:
- 1st person singular -in
- 2nd person singular -it
- 3rd person singular -i
- 1st person plural -mi
- 2nd person plural -dih
- 3rd person plural -iđ
Additionally, Kainuu Sami verbs can be inflected for mood, either indicative or imperative. The imperative form is typically formed by dropping the personal ending and adding the imperative ending "-h".
Speak
| Indicative Present | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mun | rievđastan | I speak |
| Tuv | rievđastahtit | You speak |
| Son/Sierra | rievđasta | He/She speaks |
| Mii | rievđasta | We speak |
| Diid | rievđastahtet | You all speak |
| Sii | rievđasta | They speak |