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English name	Northern Sami
Native name	Sámegiella
SIL code	sme
Alternative names	"lapp", "northern lappish", "norwegian lapp", 'lapp', 'northern lappish', 'norwegian lapp', central, davvin, davvisámegiella, dialekt westlappischer, jazyk saamskij, kieli lapin, kieli saamen, lapon, lapp, lapp northern, lapp norwegian, lapp ruija, lappic, lappisch, lappish, lappish northern, lappish sea, lappish tornio, lappish-norwegian, lappish-swedish, lappisk, lopary, lptornio, north, north saami, north sámi, northern, northern saami, northern sámi, norwegian, norwegian saami, norwegisch-lappisch, ruija, saame, saami, saaminorthern, sabme, same, same-, samic, sámegiella, sāme-giellâ, torne, western, westlappisch
Speakers	L1: 25,700 (ethnologue), L1: 16,500 (Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & N), L1: 25,700 (Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and ), L1: 23,323 (North Sámi in Norway: An Overview of a Language in Context” . Marjomaa, Marko (2012) ,), L1: 21,000 (World Oral Literature Project” .), L1: 22,851 (aggregate), L1: 30,000 (Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO )
Country	Norway
Region	Northern Europe
Champion	N/A
ISO scope	I
ISO type	L
ISO active	yes
Integrated code	sme_____________A
Last updated	Feb. 1, 2017, 3:36 p.m.

Primary texts online	None
Primary texts all	None
Lexical resources online	2
Lexical resources all	2
Language descriptions online	2
Language descriptions all	2
Language in online resource	None
Language in any resource	None
Online resource about the language	12
Any resource about the language	12

Source Crubadan

Has Swadesh 110	yes
Has Swadesh 207	yes