Sami I Ami!

If you had to guess in what part of the world Sami is spoken, what would you say? I honestly had no idea! Through research I found out that Sami is a European language spoken in parts of Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Russia. Thus, it is closely related to the Baltic-Finnic languages.

Although descended from a common language, each form of Sami is essentially a different language. It can be divided into two main groups: Western and Eastern. The Western classification includes Southern, Ume, Pite, Lule, and Northern Sami. Eastern Sami features the Inari, Kemi, Skolt, Akkala, Kildin, and Ter forms. As with most languages with small speaking populations, most Sami speakers also speak another language, generally the official language of the country in which they live.

Resources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_languages

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/520482/Sami-language