is a
Sami Language spoken in
Sweden and
Norway . It is a dying language with only about 20 native speakers left and is spoken mainly along the
Ume River in the north of
Arjeplog and
Arvidsjaur .
Unlike its southern neighbor
Southern Sami , Ume Sámi has
Consonant Gradation . However, gradation is more limited than it is in the more northern Sami languages, because it occurs only after long vowels or diphthongs. Consonants following a short vowel do not participate in gradation.
Ume Sami, like Finnish, the other Sámi languages and Estonian, has a
Negative Verb . In Ume Sámi, the negative verb conjugates according to
Mood (indicative and imperative),
Person (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and
Number (singular, dual and plural).
Ume Sámi is one of the four
Sámi Languages that does not have an official written language, although it was the first Sámi language to be written extensively. The
New Testament was published in Ume Sámi in 1755 and the first Bible in Sámi was also published in Ume Sámi, in 1811.
- Sámi lottit Names of birds found in Sápmi in a number of languages, including Skolt Sámi and English. Search function only works with Finnish input though.
