Everything about Ume Sami totally explained
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.
Grammar
Consonant gradation
Unlike its southern neighbor
Southern Sami, Ume Sámi has
consonant gradation. However, gradation is more limited than it's in the more northern Sami languages, because it occurs only after long vowels or diphthongs. Consonants following a short vowel don't participate in gradation.
Cases
Pronouns
Verbs
Person
Mood
Tense
Negative verb
Ume Sami, like Finnish, the other Sámi languages and Estonian, has a
negative verb. In Ume Sámi, the negative verb conjugates according to
mood (indicative and imperative),
person (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and
number (singular, dual and plural).
Phonology
Writing system
Ume Sámi is one of the four
Sámi languages that doesn't have an official written language, although it was the first Sámi language to be written extensively. The
New Testament was published in Ume Sámi in 1755 and the first Bible in Sámi was also published in Ume Sámi, in 1811.
Example
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Swedish Translation |
| Båtsuoj-bieŋjuv galggá báddie-gietjiesna álggiet lieratit. De tjuavrrá jiehtja viegadit ráddiesta ráddáje jah nav ájaj livva-sijiesna, guh jiehtják súhph. Die galggá daina báddie-bieŋjijne viegadit bijrra ieluon, nav júhtie biegŋja galggá vuöjdniet gúktie almatjh gelggh dahkat. Lierruo-biegŋja daggár bälij vánatallá ieluon bijrra ja ij akttak bijgŋuolissa luöjtieh. Die måddie bálliena daggár biegŋja, juhka ij leäh ållást lieratuvvama, die butsijda válldá ja dulvada. De daggár bälij tjuavrrá suv báddáje válldiet jah slåvvat. |
Renhunden ska man börja lära i koppel. Då måste man själv springa från den ena kanten till den andra (av renhjorden) och så också på (renarnas) viloplats, medan de andra äter. Då ska man med den där bandhunden springa runt hjorden, så att hunden ser, hur folket gör. Lärohunden springer en sådan gång runt hjorden och låter ingen undslippa. Så finns det ofta sådana hundar, som inte har lärt sig helt, som tar någon ren och jagar iväg den. Då måste man en sådan gång sätta band på den och slå den.
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