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Saami language

Saami language

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A northern European language spoken by the Saami people in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia
  • noun
translation icon : idioma sami
  • The Saami language is an essential part of the cultural identity of the Saami people living in northern Scandinavia.

Examples

  • Joshua Wilbur continued by speaking about how Swedish has affected the Saami language in the area.

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  • Michael Rieler presented in more detail how the Saami language has influenced the Swedish Arjeplog dialect, most of all in the sound system.

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  • In recent loan words, the prosodic template of initial stress in the Pite Saami language may be abandoned.

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  • Sjaggo told us that there are records even from the beginning of the 19th century that the Swedish spoken in Arjeplog bore influence from the Saami language.

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  • Many words in Swedish have their origins in the Saami language, reflecting the rich history of cultural exchange.

  • In school, children are taught to appreciate the Saami language and its significance in preserving their heritage.

Synonyms

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

is the broader entry for that same regional Uralic language
Same
vsSaami language
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The language spoken by Sami people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia

focuses on the single Uralic language form rather than a language group
Saami
vsSaami language
9.9

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

is the same term used for that same Uralic language
Sami
vsSaami language
8.6

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

is the same designation for that language rather than a different concept
Saame
vsSaami language
  • NSFW
9.9

A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia

uses the Uralic label rather than this Finno Ugric phrasing
Saame language
vsSaami language
9.9

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

limits the sense to the single Uralic language rather than a group
Sami language
vsSaami language
8.7

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

treats the concept as one Uralic language rather than multiple varieties
Lapp language
vsSaami language
  • NSFW
9.9

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

uses the current regional term instead of the older historical name
Lapp
vsSaami language
  • NSFW
9.9

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

uses the modern preferred name rather than this dated expression

Surface Forms

Saami language singular
Saami languages plural

Morphology

Saami + language

The phrase is a simple noun composition where 'Saami' names the ethnic group and 'language' denotes their speech system, so the meaning 'the language of the Saami people' follows directly from the constituents. This ethnonym+language pattern is cross-linguistically common and therefore transparent to learners who know both words.

Etymology

Saami language is named after the people called Saami who live in the far north, so it simply means the language spoken by those native groups.