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Also Known As: Ume,Lapp,Saami Description: Ume Sami is a Sami...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Ume,Lapp,Saami

<b>Description:</b>

Ume Sami is a Sami language spoken in Sweden and Norway. It is a dying language with only about 10 native speakers left and is spoken mainly along the Ume River in the north of Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur.
Unlike its southern neighbor Southern Sami, Ume Sami has consonant gradation. However, gradation is more limited than it is in the more northern Sami languages, because it occurs only after long vowels or diphthongs. Consonants following a short vowel do not participate in gradation.
The verbs in Ume Sami have three persons:
There are three grammatical numbers: singular, dual and plural.
Ume Sami has two grammatical moods:
Ume Sami, like Finnish, the other Sámi languages and Estonian, has a negative verb. In Ume Sami, the negative verb conjugates according to mood (indicative and imperative), person (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and number (singular, dual and plural).
Ume Sami is one of the four Sami languages that does not have an official written language, although it was the first Sami language to be written extensively. The New Testament was published in Ume Sami in 1755 and the first Bible in Sami was also published in Ume Sami, in 1811.<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2116377 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Saami, Ume Language Speakers</h2>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/sweden Sweden]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/europe Europe]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>sju</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
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  [[Uralic Group]]

    [[Finno-Ugric Group]]

      [[Finno-Permic Group]]

        [[Finno-Cheremisic Group]]

          [[Finno-Mordvinic Group]]

            [[Finno-Lappic Group]]

              [[Lappic Group]]

                [[Southern Lappic Group]]

                  <b>[[Saami, Ume Language]]</b>

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