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Lule Sami, like all other Sami languages, belongs to the Uralic language family.
- It is classified as part of the Western group of Sami languages.
- Along with some other Sami languages, it is a recognized minority language in Norway and Sweden.
Lule Sami has approximately 1500 speakers.
- These speakers are located around the Lule River in Sweden and in northern parts of Nordland county in Norway.
Some key aspects of Lule Sami grammar:
- Lule Sami has seven grammatical cases: nominative, genitive, accusative, inessive, illative, elative and comitative.
- Pronouns have three grammatical numbers: singular, dual and plural.
- Verbs also conjugate according to the above mentioned grammatical numbers.
- Lule Sami verbs have four tenses: past, non-past, present perfect and pluperfect.
- Lule Sami, like the other Sami languages, has a negative verb.
Lule Sami is written with an adapted form of Latin script.
Here is a video of someone speaking Lule Sami:
For those who want to learn the language, or simply learn more about it, visit this page.
References
Polyglot in Progress 