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| Selected languages: | South Sami |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | South Saami belongs to the Saamic group within the Uralic language family. Within the Saamic group, South Saami constitutes the south-westernmost Saamic language. The taxonomy of the Saamic languages has been the subject of debate and the interested reader is referred to Rydving (2013) for detailed information. RYDVING, HÅKAN. 2013. Words and varieties: Lexical variation in Saami. Société Finno-Ougrienne. 4, 20 |
| The languages has | 26 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [t] [k] [tʃ] [f] [v] [s] [ʃ] [h] [m] [n] [ŋ] [r] [l] [j] [iː] [i] [eː] [e] [ø] [æ] [uː] [u] [o] [äː] [ä] |
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| Sources: | Towards a grammar of spoken South Saami |