Southern Sami language
Southern Sami (ISO 639-3 code sma) is a language of the Uralic family spoken in Norway and Sweden. It has about 600 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as endangered.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | sma |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | sout2674 |
| Family | Uralic |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Norway, Sweden |
| Speakers (estimate) | 600 |
| Endangerment | Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Uralic languages, nearest first.
- Finnish5,600,000 speakers
- Northern Sami25,700 speakers
- Tornedalen Finnish20,000 speakers
- Kven Finnish5,750 speakers
- Lule Sami1,500 speakers
- Inari Sami300 speakers
- Skolt Sami300 speakers
- Pite Sami42 speakers
- Ume Sami20 speakers
- Hungarian13,000,000 speakers
- Eastern Mari500,000 speakers
- Udmurt324,338 speakers
More about Southern Sami
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.