Saami
- noun
- /ˈsɑːmi/
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sámi
- He is fluent in both Norwegian and Saami after growing up in northern Norway.
Examples
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I am learning Saami to connect with my heritage.
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Many scholars have studied the Saami language and its rich oral tradition.
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Efforts are being made to preserve Saami among younger generations in Finland.
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The Saami language has many dialects.
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The Sámi language, known as Saami, is spoken by indigenous people in Norway and Sweden.
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She learned Saami to communicate with her Sámi friends during their traditional festival.
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Many young Sámi are working to preserve the Saami language for future generations.
Synonyms
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A language spoken by the Sámi people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia
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A northern European language spoken by the Saami people in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia
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The language spoken by Sami people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia
A group of related languages spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia
The language spoken by the native people of northern Scandinavia and parts of Russia
A group of related languages spoken by the Sami people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia
A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia
A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula
A language spoken by the Sámi people in northern Scandinavia, now usually called Sámi
Compounds
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A northern European language spoken by the Saami people in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Saami for the language comes from the people's own name Sámi, which likely meant 'people' or 'humans' in their language, so the language is simply named after the people who speak it.