Also Known As:
Saami (Central-South), Saami (Southern), Same, Samic, Saamen kieli, Sāme-giellâ, Vefsn, Eteläsaame, Saamí meridional, "Lapon", Sabme, Same, "Lopary", "Lappic", "Lapp", "Lappisk", "Lapin kieli", Saamskij jazyk, "Südlappisch", "Lappish", "Røroslappisk"
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Reclaiming Sámi languages: indigenous language emancipation from East to West
Rasmussen, Torkel and Shaun Nolan, John. "Reclaiming Sámi languages: indigenous language emancipation from East to West". Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2020. https://www.degruyter.com/database/LME/entry/lme.12421415/html. Accessed 2021-11-02.
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Sweden, Norway
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Recent Resources
The collection of links containing texts written in Southern Sami.
David Kinsella Productions AS presents their new film project for 2009-2013.
Music by Frode Fjellheim presenting Marja Helena Mortensson
The Whisperers, development soundtrack s
Sweden has a Sámi language act which "give[s] speakers of Sámi the right to use Sámi in contact with the authorities in the Sámi administrative areas." In some special Sámi schools, Sámi languages are used through grade six.