Pite Saami
bidumsámegiella
Pite Saami is a Uralic language spoken in Sweden and Norway, by about 50 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Pite Sámi or Arjeplog Sámi (Pite Sami: Bidumsámegiella, Swedish: Pitesamiska, Norwegian: Pitesamisk) is a Sámi language traditionally spoken in Sweden and Norway. It is a critically endangered language that has only about 25–50 native speakers left and is now almost only spoken on the Swedish side of the border along the Pite River in the north of Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur and in the mountainous areas of the Arjeplog municipality.
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Words in Pite Saami
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | áhttje | |
| child | mánná | |
| woman | kujdna | |
| eye | tjalbme | |
| heart | vájbmo | |
| blood | málle | |
| liver | ribbre | |
| water | tjáhtse | |
| fire | dållå | |
| mountain | várre | |
| night | ijja | |
| fish | guolle | |
| snake | gierbma | |
| I | mån | |
| bread | lajjbe | |
| thank you | gijto | |
| house | dåhpe | |
| new | årrå |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Lule SamiUralic56% alike
- North SaamiUralic43% alike
- Ume SaamiUralic41% alike
- Inari SamiUralic32% alike
- Akkala SaamiUralic32% alike
- Southern SamiUralic32% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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