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Saame

9.9

A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia

noun

NSFW

: sámi

Do you speak Saame fluently?

Examples

The Saame language has several dialects.
The film includes subtitles in both English and Saame.
He is fluent in both Norwegian and Saame.
Many speakers of Saame are working to preserve their language and culture.
He is fluent in both Norwegian and Saame.
Many speakers of Saame are working to preserve their language and culture.
The film includes subtitles in both English and Saame.

Synonyms

Same language

vsSaame

1 9.9

A language spoken by the Sámi people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia

is neutral about lifestyle and names the language without nomadic focus

Saami language

vsSaame

1 9.8

A northern European language spoken by the Saami people in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia

specifies Finno-Ugric classification instead of Uralic in the description

Same

vsSaame

1 9.9

The language spoken by Sami people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia

refers specifically to the language singular rather than a group

Saami

vsSaame

9.9

A language spoken by the native people of northern Scandinavia and Russia

uses the Finno-Ugric family label rather than a more general family term

Sami

vsSaame

8.6

The language spoken by the native people of northern Scandinavia and parts of Russia

uses a Finno-Ugric label rather than the Uralic family name

Sami language

vsSaame

8.7

A group of related languages spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia

focuses on a single named language rather than a wider group

Saame language

vsSaame

9.9

A group of related languages spoken by the Sami people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia

uses the singular form focusing on one language not the group

Lapp language

vsSaame

NSFW

9.9

A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula

avoids the older name and uses the contemporary family label instead

Lapp

vsSaame

NSFW

9.9

A language spoken by the Sámi people in northern Scandinavia, now usually called Sámi

uses the modern accepted name rather than the old, now avoided term

Compounds

Saame language

9.9

A group of related languages spoken by the Sami people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia

Surface Forms

Saame singular

Saames plural

Etymology

Saame is the name the Sámi people use for their own language, coming from the people's own name Sámi, so Saame simply means 'the Sámi language' spoken in northern Scandinavia.