South Sami

E617017

South Sami is a Uralic, Sami language spoken by the Southern Sami people in parts of Norway and Sweden and considered highly endangered.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Southern Sami 4
Southern Sámi 4
South Sámi 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sami language
Uralic language
endangered language
ancestor Proto-Samic
branch Western Sami
closelyRelatedTo Pite Sami
linked to: Pite Sámi

Ume Sami
endangermentStatus severely endangered
family Uralic
linked to: Uralic languages
hasBasicWordOrder SVO
hasCase abessive
accusative
comitative
elative
essive
genitive
illative
inessive
nominative
hasDialects northern South Sami
southern South Sami
hasGrammaticalGender common
neuter
hasLanguageCouncilOrBody Sami Parliament of Norway
Sami Parliament of Sweden
hasNumber plural
singular
hasOrthographyStandardized 1980s
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast
vowel length contrast
hasRevitalizationEfforts language courses
media and publishing
ISO639-3 sma
languageOf Southern Sami culture
moreDistantlyRelatedTo North Sami
linked to: North Sámi
partOf Sami languages continuum
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Norway
Sweden
spokenBy Southern Sami people
spokenIn Norway
Sweden
subfamily Sami
ultimateAncestor Proto-Uralic
usedInEducation some schools in Norway
some schools in Sweden
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sámi languages hasMemberLanguage Southern Sámi
linked to: South Sami
Sámi languages haveStandardizedOrthographyFor Southern Sámi
linked to: South Sami
Sámi media usesLanguage Southern Sámi
linked to: South Sami
Sametinget languageOfWorkOrName Southern Sámi
linked to: South Sami
Snåsa languageUsed South Sámi
linked to: South Sami
Snåsa hasCulturalHeritage South Sámi culture
linked to: South Sami
Snåsa hasMinorityLanguageStatus South Sámi
linked to: South Sami
Åarjelsaemien gïele alternativeName Southern Sami
linked to: South Sami
Proto-Samic ancestorOf Southern Sami
linked to: South Sami
Ångermanland hasMinorityLanguage Southern Sami
linked to: South Sami
Nordland og Troms traditional region traditionalLanguage Southern Sami
linked to: South Sami