Sami language
- noun
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idioma sami
- The Sami language includes several dialects, each with its own distinct characteristics.
Examples
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I continue my Sami language study.
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In my quotes, I decide to intersperse the English into the Sami language.
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I decide that poetry would be an excellent way to study the Sami language.
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As I am trying to assimilate to the Sami language, I struggle to understand more deeply what it takes to meet again in the old way.
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I have heard that the Sami language version of the book is not for sale outside of Sapmi (or maybe outside of the Nordic countries).
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In this hybrid compound, the first element sem- is a borrowing from the Sami language, indicating the ethnic status of the men involved, and the second element is a native Norse noun.
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The Sami language has unique features that distinguish it from other languages in Europe.
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Many people are learning the Sami language to preserve their cultural heritage.
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 language spoken by the native people of northern Scandinavia and Russia
The language spoken by the native people of northern Scandinavia and parts of Russia
A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia
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 Europe
A language spoken by the Sámi people in northern Europe
Languages spoken by the Sámi people in northern Scandinavia, Finland, and Russia
A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Europe
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply names the language associated with the Sami people and is directly derivable from combining 'Sami' (the people/group or their identifier) with 'language' (a system of speech). This adjective+noun naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Sami language gets its name from the Sami people who live in the far north, and language just means the words they use. Imagine small Arctic communities and reindeer herders speaking their own speech — so it simply means 'the language spoken by the Sami people'.