Sámi people
Finno-Ugric peoples
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Summary
Sámi people is an ethnic group[1]. They ranks in the top 0.53% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,508 views/month, #24 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Laestadianism[3], Eastern Orthodoxy[4], shamanism[5]
- Instance of: indigenous people[6]
- Flag: Sami flag[7]
- Subclass of: Finno-Ugric peoples[8], ethnic groups in Europe[9]
- Commons category: Sami people[10]
- Has part(s): Southern Sámi people[11], Lule Sámi people[12], Northern Sámi people[13], Inari Sami people[14], Skolts[15], Kildin Saami[16], Akkalansaamelaiset[17], Pitesamer[18], Ume Saami[19], Ter Sami people[20], Kemi Sami[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sámi people[22]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Q141677377[23]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Sámi[28]
- Topic has template: Template:Sámi peoples[29]
- Indigenous to: Sápmi[30]
- Studied by: Sámi studies[31]
- Self-identified name: Sámi[32]
- Non-self-identified name: Laplanders[33]
- P14541: JhQkd[34]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Sámi people include Syamozero[35], a lake[36], in Russia[37] and loparite[38], a mineral species[39].
Why It Matters
Sámi people has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] They is known by 110 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for them include Syamozero[35], a lake[36], in Russia[37] and loparite[38], a mineral species[39].