Kemi Sami language

The kemisamische language is an extinct language of the eastern group of the Sami languages ​​and thus belongs to the Finno -Ugric main group within the Uralic language family.

Formerly spoken in

Uralic

  • Kemi Sami

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Smi

Sjk

Language

Kemi Sami was spoken to about 1850 in the southernmost settlement of the seeds in Finnish Lapland and in the neighboring Russia. Southern boundary was the area around Kuusamo. Kemi Sami is closely related to the inarisamischen and skoltsamischen language. It was written using the Latin alphabet.

Language monuments

The language is extinct around 1900. There are few written records. John Scheffer cited in 1673 in his book on Lapland two Joiken in kemisamischer language. In addition, a short word list by Jacob fur man of the year 1829 have been handed down, and the Lord's Prayer ( recorded in the village Sompio at Sodankylä ):

  • Sami languages
  • Single language
Uralic languages Lapland (region) Finland Johannes Schefferus
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