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Revision as of 23:32, 25 February 2023
Northern or North Sámi is spoken over the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Orthography
In 1979, the Saami Council approved a new orthography for Northern Sámi, marking the first time a single writing system would be used in Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
А а | Á á | B b | C c | Č č | D d | Đ đ | E e |
F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m |
N n | Ŋ ŋ | O o | P p | R r | S s | Š š | T t |
Ŧ ŧ | U u | V v | Z z | Ž ž |
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | (ŋ̥) | ||||
Plosive /
Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡s | t͡ʃ | c | k |
voiced | b | d | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ɟ | ɡ | |
postaspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | ʃ | h | |
voiced | v | ð | |||||
Semivowel | voiced | j | |||||
voiceless | j̥ | ||||||
Lateral | voiced | l | ʎ | ||||
voiceless | l̥ | ||||||
Trill | voiced | r | |||||
voiceless | r̥ |
Vowels
Short vowels | Long vowels | Diphthongs | Half-long/
rising | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Front | Back | Front | Back | Front | Back | Front | Back | |
Close | i | u | iː | uː | ie̯ | uo̯ | i̯e | u̯o |
Mid | e | o | eː | oː | ea̯ | oɑ̯ | e̯a | o̯ɑ |
Open | a | aː | aˑ |