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Preferred term

sjePite Sami  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Pite Sami, also known as Arjeplog Sami, is a Sami language traditionally spoken in Sweden and Norway. It is a critically endangered language that has only about 25–50 native speakers left and is now only spoken on the Swedish side of the border along the Pite River in the north of Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur and in the mountainous areas of the Arjeplog municipality.

Entry terms

  • Pite Sami language
  • Sami, Pite

ISO 639-3 code

  • sje

Notation

  • sje

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URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/sje

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