Inari Sami

Also known as Inari Sami language, Inari Saami

Sami language spoken by the Inari Sami of Finland

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Inari Sami is a language spoken by the Inari Sami people in Finland, representing one of the distinct varieties of the Sami language family. It matters as an important part of the cultural and linguistic heritage of this indigenous Finnish community.

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Vinony files it under Eastern Sámi languages, Endangered languages of Europe and Endangered Uralic languages.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Eastern Sami
Named after: Inari Sami people
Country: Finland

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number of speakers, writers, or signers: 300
P10369: Brittany
writing system: Latin alphabet
has grammatical case: partitive case
indigenous to: Lapland
Wikimedia language code: smn
native label: anarâškielâ
topic's main category: Category:Inari Sami language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SMN
described at URL: uralic.clld.org/languages/13
Commons category: Inari Sami language
topic has template: Template:Smn icon

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Encyclopedic overview

Inari Sámi (Inari Sami: anarâškielâ, lit. 'the Inarian language' or aanaarsämikielâ, 'the Inari (Aanaar) Sámi language') is a Sámi language spoken by the Inari Sámi of Finland. As of 2018, Inari Sámi has approximately 400 speakers, the majority of whom are middle-aged or older and live in the municipality of Inari. According to the Sámi Parliament of Finland, 269 persons used Inari Sámi as their first language. It is the only Sámi language that is spoken exclusively in Finland. The language is classified as being seriously endangered, as few children learn it; however, more and more children are learning it in language nests.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inari Sami” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.