To the startpage
På svenskaLinksSiteMapContact
Advanced search »
Home About Sápmi History Trades Language Culture Religion Politics


Language history
The Sami dialects
Language legislation

© Samiskt Informationscentrum
Sametinget
Box 582
SE-831 27 ÖSTERSUND
tel: +46 63 15 08 74
info@samer.se
Editor-in-chief:
Nils Gustav Labba


Renar i sommarskymning. Foto: Anna-Karin Drugge.

A language with deep roots
Sami language is the first language which gave names to places in Sápmi. Many of these names you can find when you look at a map of northern Sweden. When the colonisation of Sweden took place 250 years ago, names with Sami origin were changed to fit Swedish pronunciation.
Read more about the history of the language »




Southern and northern Sami people
Do they understand each other?
Read more about the dialects »



Lingonberry in forest. Photo:Sami Information Centre.

Finally recognised
Sami is now one of Sweden's official minority languages.
Read more about the language law »

Language map

Which dialect is spoken in Östersund?
See a larger map »

 
Skicka vykort
Send a greeting from Sápmi

Send a postcard »
Send a postcard