Sámi and other nations
Back to Culture and Art#1 Emrah20
Hello.
This is maybe for someone strange question, maybe someone don't want to answer on this question, so I'll understand.
Maybe You have heard about sámi people (or Laponic people). In some countries, where You come from leaves those people in area named Sápmi (or Lapland). So, I have a question. What are relationships between Sámi and Swedes, Norwegians, Finns and Russians?
Thank You.
#2 Louisa
I've heard the name many years ago. But I know nothing about this group.
#3 Tsunami
I just heard sémi but these languages are arabic hebrew etc. .
#4 Emrah20
No. Those are semitic language. Saami (or Laponic) languages are different.
#5 Tsunami
laponic: Are they from Lapland?
#6 hozosch Archived
Yes. Don't know if there are others though.
#7 musicalmara
The relationship between all these groups is they are all marginalised groups. That's all I really know about them.
#8 Tsunami
Laponic are Finnish, as Joulupukki?
#9 bomberman29
joulupukki is a finnish kind of crystmass man that brings gifts to kids.
#10 Tsunami
But he is in Lapland.
#12 Emrah20
No.
Saami languages are not similar to Finnish. Only some words can be similar, but those languages are not similar, if I have heard It right.
#13 marchoffmann Archived
Don't ask me why I revive this but never found it before. Sami language is in fact similar to finish, at least somewhat close. As other typical indiginis people groups they have been discriminated back then, at least in norway. It has gotten better though today, and by now they also have their own tv channels here.
#14 Emrah20
I think, that Laponic languages can be similar with Finnish, like for example, Slovak to Macedonian, but It is maybe bad comparison.
#15 ArcticMoon
Slovak to macedonian? I'd say czech, they relate more.
#16 Emrah20
I'd like to wrote, that those languages (Finnish and Saami) are not close, like Slovak and Czech. I've heard about It, but I am not sure. Maybe It'll be good to ask somebody, who can speak Finnish.
#17 marchoffmann Archived
Many norwegians say so, and they know well about Sami people.
#18 Emrah20
Well, but Norwegians is North Germanic nation, not Finnic (or Finnougric).
For example, Hungarian and Finnish are not similar, but are sometimes sorted to Finnougric language branch.
#19 marchoffmann Archived
The geografical place has nothing to do with that. Did you know that persian, for example, is a germanic language/in the same language family as english and german? And again, norwegians must know well about Sami people, don't you think? Everyone said finish and Sami langs are in the same language group at least from what I heard. Of course you don't need to like, understand the other. But look at it as, idk, danish and norwegian, dutch and german, idk.
#20 Emrah20
Wayt!
Persian isn't Germanic language. Persian is Indo-Iranian language.