Ume Saami
ubmejesámiengiälla
Ume Saami is a Uralic language spoken in Sweden, by about 100 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Ume Sámi (Ume Sami: Ubmejesámiengiälla, Norwegian: Umesamisk, Swedish: Umesamiska) is a Sámi language spoken in Sweden and formerly in Norway. According to UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010), there are fewer than 20 speakers of Ume Sami. It was spoken mainly along the Ume River in the south of present-day Arjeplog, in Sorsele and in Arvidsjaur.
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Words in Ume Saami
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | áhttjie | |
| eye | tjalbmie | |
| water | tjáhtsie | |
| fire | dålˈla | |
| mountain | várrie | |
| night | jïjja | |
| I | månna | |
| bread | laajpee | |
| thank you | gijtuov | |
| new | ođđe |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Pite SaamiUralic41% alike
- Lule SamiUralic32% alike
- North SaamiUralic26% alike
- Skolt SamiUralic19% alike
- Inari SamiUralic19% alike
- Southern SamiUralic17% alike
Grammar
- Lule SamiUralic90% alike
- North SaamiUralic90% alike
- Pite SaamiUralic90% alike
- Southern SamiUralic90% alike
- FinnishUralic89% alike
- IngrianUralic89% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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