Anár/Inari Sami

  Anár Sami lessons and sound files

   Anár Sami sound files
A variety of spoken and sung clips from Sami Radio on the Finnish side

  Anár Sami video
25 minute documentary about efforts to preserve Anár Sami, narration/subtitles in English. 
The video has a tendency to freeze even on high speed connections, so you may need
 to slide the bar forward just a tiny bit a few times to get it working again, but the video is
 well worth the effort.  Click on "clip" under the English paragraph near bottom of page.


North Sami

Basic lessons
Multimedia games and word lists

Gulahalan
Dialogs with audio

North Sami alphabet and a few phrases

North Sami pronunciation guide
With many audio samples

Sami language forum
Students of North Sami share lessons and language tips

Vocab list of birds and mammals


Various Sami Languages

Alphabets of major lanuages
South, Anár, Skolt, Kildin, and North Sami alphabets. Includes North Sami pronunciation
 guide.

Basic phrases
The same basic phrases are given in South Sami, Lule Sami, and North Sami, with audio files.

Mp3 samples of Sami languages
Audio clips of Anár, North, Skolt, and other Sami languages

Days of the week and months
In all major Sami languages  - pdf

Glossaries and lessons
North Sami to English and North Sami to Finnish - includes two smaller glossaries of Anár
 Sami and Skolt Sami

Skolt Sami
A variety of academic articles on the linguistics of Skolt Sami



Articles About Sami Language

The Bear Doesn’t Understand Metaphors -
On Sámi Names For the “Old man of the Wilderness.”
by Harald Gaski

A Language to Catch Birds With
by Harald Gaski

Folk Wisdom and Orally Transmitted Knowledge –
Everyday Poetry In Adages, Rhyme and Jingles
by Harald Gaski

Language - a map of reality
Article about Minority language and language in general using Sami as a jumping off point.

Language Act of 2004 - Finland

Sami in Sweden

Sami Language Communities and the Conflict Between Sami and
Norwegian
by Nils Jernsletten

Sami Language in Education in Sweden



Language Shopping

Talk Now! Saami
CD-ROM instruction for learning North Sami from English

The Saami Languages, An Introduction
by Pekka Sammalahti


Other Sami Language Resources

The Bible in North Sami
Click on Nordsamisk in the upper right corner to view chapters of the New Testament in North Sami.

Diagram of Uralic language family

Finno-Ugric Origins

North Sami spell checker

Place Names in Sami

Sami Language Technology Project
University of Tromsø

Sami names
 Sami first names and their origins




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