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Encyclopedia > Pite Sami
Pite Sami
Spoken in: Norway, Sweden
Total speakers: ~10
Language family: Uralic
 Finno-Ugric
  Finno-Permic
   Finno-Volgaic
    Finno-Lappic
     Sami
      Western
       Pite Sami 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: smi
ISO/FDIS 639-3: sje 
Pite Sami is 3 on this map.
Pite Sami is 3 on this map.

Pite Sami, also known as Arjeplog Sami, is a Sami language spoken in Sweden and Norway. It is a dying language that has only about 10 native speakers left and is spoken mainly on the Swedish side of the border along the Pite River in the north of Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur. Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... Geographical distribution of Samoyedic, Finnic, Ugric and Yukaghir languages  Yukaghir  Samoyedic  Ugric  Finnic The Uralic languages (pronounced: ) form a language family of about 30 languages spoken by approximately 20 million people. ... Approximate geographical distribution of areas where indigenous Finno-Ugric languages are spoken. ... The Finno-Permic languages are a large branch of the Finno-Ugric languages. ... The Finno-Volgaic languages, also known as the Finno-Mari, Finno-Cheremisic, or Volga-Finnic languages, are a language group within the Uralic language family. ... Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). ... Sami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken in parts of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Writing systems of the world today. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1107x1329, 327 KB) Summary A map of Sami dialects numbered. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1107x1329, 327 KB) Summary A map of Sami dialects numbered. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone meaning sound, voice) is the study of sounds and the human voice. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Sami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken in parts of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. ... Outlining Pite River and the seat of municipalities it crosses. ... This page deals with both Arjeplog Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Arjeplog Arjeplog Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden, where Arjeplog is the seat with 2,000 inhabitants. ... Arvidsjaur is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. ...

Contents

Grammar

Cases

Pite Sámi has 9 cases: Case can refer to: An instance or example Letter case (the distinction between majuscule and minuscule letters) or sentence case Cases in linguistic morphology; see declension and list of grammatical cases A term of jurisprudence, referring to the evidence against a defendant or suspect Steve Case, head of AOL Time...

The nominative case is a grammatical case for a noun. ... The genitive case is a grammatical case that indicates a relationship, primarily one of possession, between the noun in the genitive case and another noun. ... The term accusative may be used in the following contexts: A form of morphosyntactic alignment, as found in nominative-accusative languages. ... Inessive case is a locative grammatical case. ... Illative is, in the Finnish language, Estonian language and the Hungarian language, the third of the locative cases with the basic meaning of into (the inside of). An example from Hungarian would be a házba (into the house). ... Elative is a locative case with the basic meaning out of. In Finnish elative is typically formed by adding sta/stä, in Estonian - st to the genitive stem. ... The Comitative case is used where English would use in company with or together with. It, and many other cases, are found in the Finnish language, the Hungarian language, and the Estonian language. ... The essive or similaris case carries the meaning of a temporary state of being, often equivalent to the English as a. ... In linguistics, the Abessive case is a noun case expressing the lack and absence of something. ...

Verbs

Person

Pite Sami verbs conjugate for three grammatical persons: This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Narrator. ...

... Grammatical person, in linguistics, is used for the grammatical categories a language uses to describe the relationship between the speaker and the persons or things she is talking about. ... Grammatical person, in linguistics, is used for the grammatical categories a language uses to describe the relationship between the speaker and the persons or things she is talking about. ...

Mood

Pite Sami has 5 grammatical moods: In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ...

In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ... In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ... In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ... In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ... In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ...

Grammatical number

Pite Sami verbs conjugate for three grammatical numbers: This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... In linguistics, the term grammatical number refers to ways of expressing quantity by inflecting words. ...

The word singular may refer to one of several concepts. ... Dual is the grammatical number used for two referents. ... Look up Plural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. ...

Tense

Pite Sami verbs conjugate for two simple tenses: This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Grammatical tense is a way languages express the time at which an event described by a sentence occurs. ...

and two compound tenses: This article is about the grammatical term. ... Grammatical tense is a way languages express the time at which an event described by a sentence occurs. ...

The present perfect tense denotes a present condition resulting from a previous action. ... The pluperfect tense (from Latin: plus quam perfectum more than perfect) is a perfective tense that exists in most Indo-European languages, used to refer to an event that has completed before another past action. ...

Negative verb

Pite Sami, like Finnish, the other Sámi languages and Estonian, has a negative verb. In Pite Sámi, the negative verb conjugates according to mood (indicative, imperative and optative), person (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and number (singular, dual and plural). This differs from some other the other Sami languages, e.g., from Northern Sami, which do not conjugate according to tense and other Sami languages, that do not use the optative. A negative verb is a verb with help of which negative forms of verbs are formed. ... In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ... In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood, which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ... Imperative programming, as opposed to functional programming, is a sort of programming employing side-effect as central execution feature. ... In linguistics, many grammars have the concept of grammatical mood (or mode), which describes the relationship of a verb with reality and intent. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Narrator. ... In linguistics, the term grammatical number refers to ways of expressing quantity by inflecting words. ... Sami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken in parts of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. ... Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) is the most widely spoken of all Sami languages. ... Grammatical tense is a way languages express the time at which an event described by a sentence occurs. ...

 Non-past indicative Past indicative sg. du. pl. sg. du. pl. 1 iv ien iehp 1 ittjiv iejmien iejmieh iep ittjijmen ittjijmeh 2 ih iehpien iehpit 2 ittjih iejtien iejtieh ehpien ihpit ittjijtien ittjijteh ihpien 3 ij iepaa ieh 3 ittjij iejkaan ittjin iepaan ittjijka 

For non-past indicative versions that have more than one form, the second one is from the dialect spoken around Björkfjället and the third is from the Svaipa dialect. The plurality in the other forms is due to parallel forms that are not bound by dialect.

 Imperative Optative sg. du. pl. sg. du. pl. 1 - - - 1 alluv iellun iellup allun allup 2 ielieh iellien iellit 2 alluh ielluten ielluteh alluten alluteh 3 - - - 3 allus ielluska ielluseh alluska alluseh 

Phonology

Writing system

Pite Sámi is one of the four Sámi languages that does not have an official written language. Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...


References

  • Lagercrantz, Eliel: Sprachlehre des Westlappischen nach der Mundart von Arjeplog. Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, 1926, ISSN 0355-0230.
  • Lehtiranta, Juhani: Arjeploginsaamen äänne- ja taivutusopin pääpiirteet. Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, 1992, ISBN 951-9403-55-8.

External links

  • Sámi lottit Names of birds found in Sápmi in a number of languages, including Skolt Sámi and English. Search function only works with Finnish input though.

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