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Saame language

Saame language

9.9
A group of related languages spoken by the Sami people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia
  • noun
translation icon : idioma sámi
  • Several dialects of the Saame language are spoken across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

Examples

  • The revitalization of the Saame language is crucial for Sámi cultural identity.

  • Many people are learning the Saame languages today.

  • Linguists consider the Saame language an important part of the Uralic language family.

  • The Saame language is rich in cultural history.

  • Linguists consider the Saame language an important part of the Uralic language family.

  • Several dialects of the Saame language are spoken across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.

  • The revitalization of the Saame language is crucial for Sámi cultural identity.

Synonyms

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

is the selected form here rather than this synonymous label
Same
vsSaame language
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The language spoken by Sami people in northern Scandinavia and northwest Russia

is the chosen standard name here rather than this equivalent label
Saami language
vsSaame language
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A northern European language spoken by the Saami people in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia

is the general name without stressing the technical family label
Sami language
vsSaame language
8.7

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

is the preferred spelling used in this entry rather than that form
Sami
vsSaame language
8.6

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

is the preferred entry name rather than this equally general form
Saami
vsSaame language
9.9

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

is the entry's main form rather than that spelling variant
Saame
vsSaame language
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9.9

A language spoken by the Sami people in northern Scandinavia

is the neutral common name without the family classification
Lapp language
vsSaame language
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9.9

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

is the modern neutral name used today instead of that older term
Lapp
vsSaame language
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9.9

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

is the accepted modern name preferred over that outdated term

Surface Forms

Saame language singular
Saame languages plural

Morphology

Saame + language

The meaning 'the language spoken by the Sámi people' is directly and transparently built from 'Saame' (the name of the Sámi language/people) plus 'language' (a system of speech). This noun + language pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. 'Spanish language') and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Saame language takes its name from the Sámi people who live in the far north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. The phrase simply means Saame 'language', which is why it refers to several related languages and dialects spoken by those communities.