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- Lule Sami
ISO 639-3 · smjsmj
Uralic family
Lule Sami
julevsámegiella
Lule Sami is a language of the Western Sami branch (Uralic), spoken in Sweden and Norway. Wikidata counts about 700 speakers (2022). Wikidata describes it as “endangered Uralic language of Scandinavia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
smj- Glottocode
lule1254- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Centre point
- 67.27, 17.80
- Wikipedia
- 53 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lule Sami · julevsámegiella |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lule Sami language, Lule Saami |
| All speakers | 700 (2022) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical cases | 8 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Lule Sami
The branches above Lule Sami, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Sweden
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