Language code: se
Technical information about ISO 639 language code se
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The table below provides technical details for the Northern Sami language, designated by the se code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Northern Sami Native Davvisámegiella |
| Family | Sami |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Torne SamiFinnmark SamiSea Sami |
| Related languages | Lule SamiPite SamiSouthern SamiInari SamiSkolt Sami |
| Key facts | Uses the Latin alphabet enriched with several special letters like Ŋ and ĐDisplays extensive consonant gradation, causing stem consonants to alternate depending on grammarHas a rich system of negative verbs that are conjugated for person, number and moodThe earliest printed book in Northern Sami appeared in 1770Modern language technology (spell-checkers, speech synthesis) is actively developed by the Giellatekno centre. |
| Sample phrase | Bures, mo don leat? |
| Character encodings | |
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Northern Sami belongs to the Uralic language family, specifically to the Sami subgroup. It is one of the official languages in Norway and is also used in specific parts of Finland and Sweden. It is written using the Latin script (Northern Sami alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 25,000 speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Northern Sami speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
se-FI – Northern Sami (Finland)
se-NO – Northern Sami (Norway)
se-SE – Northern Sami (Sweden)
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- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
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- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
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