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Language code: sma

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sma

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The table below provides technical details for the Southern Sami language, designated by the sma code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

sma

Name

Southern Sami

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Eastern Southern SamiWestern Southern Sami
Related languages
Ume SamiPite SamiLule SamiNorthern Sami
Key facts
Fewer than 600 speakers remain, making it one of the most endangered Sámi languagesSpeech communities are geographically scattered across central Norway and SwedenThe language uses the Latin alphabet enriched with letters such as ï, æ, å and öVocabulary tied to joik singing and reindeer herding preserves many archaic Uralic rootsThe first printed texts appeared in the 18th century through missionary Bible translations, giving it an early written tradition among smaller Sámi tongues
Sample phrase

Buerie! Guktie dån?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Southern Sami language, identified by the code sma, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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