Northern Sami language
Northern Sami (ISO 639-3 code sme) is a language of the Uralic family spoken in Finland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. It has about 25,700 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | sme |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | nort2671 |
| Family | Uralic |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
| Speakers (estimate) | 25,700 |
| Endangerment | Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Uralic languages, nearest first.
- Finnish5,600,000 speakers
- Eastern Mari500,000 speakers
- Udmurt324,338 speakers
- Erzya250,000 speakers
- Moksha200,000 speakers
- Komi-Permyak110,000 speakers
- Karelian63,000 speakers
- Western Mari50,000 speakers
- Livvi27,000 speakers
- Tornedalen Finnish20,000 speakers
- Kven Finnish5,750 speakers
- Veps3,613 speakers
More about Northern 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.