Inari Sami
Sami language spoken by the Inari Sami of Finland
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Summary
Inari Sami is a natural language[1]. It draws 713 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #260 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Finland[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Named after: Inari Sami people[5]
- Subclass of: Eastern Sami[6]
- Writing system: Latin script[7], Latin alphabet[8]
- Commons category: Inari Sami language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: smn[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Inari Sami language[11]
- Described at URL: https://uralic.clld.org/languages/13[12]
- Language regulatory body: Sámi Giellagáldu[13]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 300[14]
- Topic has template: Template:Smn icon[15]
- Native label: anarâškielâ[16]
- UNESCO language status: 4 severely endangered[17]
- Indigenous to: Inari[18], Lapland[19]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SMN[20]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[21], genitive case[22], accusative case[23], locative case[24], illative case[25], comitative case[26], abessive case[27], essive case[28], partitive case[29]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[30]
Why It Matters
Inari Sami has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]