Saami, Ume
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Fact corner
- Language: Saami, Ume
- Alternate names: "Lapp", Saami, Ume
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:sju
- Language family: Uralic, Sami, Southern
- Number of speakers: 20
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Introduction
Ume Sami is a Sami language spoken in Sweden and Norway. It is a dying language with only about 20 native speakers left and is spoken mainly along the Ume River in the north of Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur.
The Verb
Person
Verbs conjugate for three grammatical persons:
- first person
- second person
- third person
Grammatical number
Verbs conjugate for three grammatical numbers:
- singular
- dual
- plural
Sample verb: gùllat
| Present | Preterite | Imperative | Nominal forms | |
| Sg.1 | guulòv | gǜllòv | - | Past participle: gùllama Infinitive: gùllat Gerundive II: gùllamen Supine: guulahtjit |
| Sg.2 | guulah | gǜllah | guula | |
| Sg.3 | gùllaa | güülii | - | |
| Du.1 | gùllan | güüliimen | - | |
| Du.2 | gùllabähten | güüliiden | gùllabähten | |
| Du.3 | gùllaväggan | güüliigen | - | |
| Pl.1 | gùllahpa | güüliime | - | |
| Pl.2 | gùllabehta | güüliide | gǜllada | |
| Pl.3 | gǜlläh | gǜllan | - |