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Also Known As:
Lulesamisk, Lulesamiska, luulajansaame, julevsámegiella, луле-саамский язык, "Lule Lapp"
Dialects & Varieties
Europe and North Asia
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.
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-2,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
3
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
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.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Swedish, Norwegian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language Documentation, Research, and Archiving
Language in the Community
Language in Society
Omniglot - Lule Sámi (julevsámegiella) - information about the language, alphabet, pronunciation, sh
The collection of links containing texts written in Lule Sami.