Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lulesamisk, Lulesamiska, luulajansaame, julevsámegiella, луле-саамский язык, "Lule Lapp"
CLASSIFICATION		Uralic, Saami
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		smj
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-2,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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A small number of children learn the language, and while the trend seemed highly alarming a few years ago, the use of Lule Saami has recently been activated to some extent. Younger speakers may nevertheless prefer Swedish or Norwegian.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Swedish
Norwegian

PLACES: Northern Europe: Lapland

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in Jokkmokk County and parts of Ga¨llivare and other adjacent counties in Norrbotten Province (Lule Lappmark) in Sweden and in the Tysfjord region in northern Nordland Province in Norway.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
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"1,500 in Sweden (Krauss 1995) ... Ethnic population: 6,000 in Sweden."

PLACES: Sweden; Norway;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

5-600 each in Sweden and Norway
Native speakers worldwide

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A Lule Sámi speaker and mother interviewed in the article describes "a situation where nearly all adults in the community are bilinguals. They speak Sámi with their own age group and elders, but the language is hardly transmitted to any children."

	2020	Reclaiming Sámi languages: indigenous language emancipation from East to West				De Gruyter Mouton	Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online		https://www.degruyter.com/database/LME/entry/lme.12421415/html	Rasmussen, Torkel and Shaun Nolan, John	Rasmussen, Torkel and Shaun Nolan, John. "Reclaiming Sámi languages: indigenous language emancipation from East to West". Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2020. https://www.degruyter.com/database/LME/entry/lme.12421415/html. Accessed 2021-11-02.		5-600 each in Sweden and Norway						A Lule Sámi speaker and mother interviewed in the article describes "a situation where nearly all adults in the community are bilinguals. They speak Sámi with their own age group and elders, but the language is hardly transmitted to any children."
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,000	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						67.272,17.7978
	2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge				Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	1,000-2,000	1000-9999		Swedish, Norwegian	Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	A small number of children learn the language, and while the trend seemed highly alarming a few years ago, the use of Lule Saami has recently been activated to some extent. Younger speakers may nevertheless prefer Swedish or Norwegian.	13	Northern Europe: Lapland	Spoken in Jokkmokk County and parts of Ga¨llivare and other adjacent counties in Norrbotten Province (Lule Lappmark) in Sweden and in the Tysfjord region in northern Nordland Province in Norway.
		World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2,000	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,000	1000-9999	"1,500 in Sweden (Krauss 1995) ... Ethnic population: 6,000 in Sweden."		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Sweden; Norway;

Lule Saami

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

5-600 each in Sweden and Norway

Discussion

Lule Saami

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,000

5-600 each in Sweden and Norway

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