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ALSO KNOWN AS		инари-саамский язык, inarinsaame, anarâškielâ, Anárašgiella, Enaresamisk, Enaresamiska, "Inari Lappish,"
CLASSIFICATION		Uralic, Saami
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		smn
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Northern Europe: Lapland

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in central Inari County of Lapland
Province in Finland.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
700
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census. 4,700 all Saami in Finland (1995). Data for the ethnic population is from M. Krauss (1995).

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Finland;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
400
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

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"Kildin, Inari, Skolt and South Sámi languages are all spoken by 300 to 1000 individuals. Although these four
varieties risk being replaced by the dominating languages, they are transmitted to children at home in some families and/or in special scholastic immersion environments known as “language nests” for a smaller number of children, and language emersion camps for adolescents. Therefore, they are not immediately threatened by extinction."

	2020	Reclaiming Sámi languages: indigenous language emancipation from East to West				De Gruyter Mouton	Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online		https://www.degruyter.com/database/LME/entry/lme.12421415/html	Rasmussen, Torkel and Shaun Nolan, John	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.			300		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		"Kildin, Inari, Skolt and South Sámi languages are all spoken by 300 to 1000 individuals. Although these four varieties risk being replaced by the dominating languages, they are transmitted to children at home in some families and/or in special scholastic immersion environments known as “language nests” for a smaller number of children, and language emersion camps for adolescents. Therefore, they are not immediately threatened by extinction."
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		400		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							68.8446,27.2817
	2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge				Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		~300		100-999		Finnish	Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13		13	10	Northern Europe: Lapland	Spoken in central Inari County of Lapland Province in Finland.
		World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			250		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	700	300	2001	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census. 4,700 all Saami in Finland (1995). Data for the ethnic population is from M. Krauss (1995).		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Finland;

Inari Saami

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

400

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

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Inari Saami

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

400

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

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