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Sámi
Finno-Ugric peoples / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sámi (also spelled as Saami or Sami) are an ethnic group of people. Their homeland is Sápmi, which is in far northern Europe: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. There are from 80,000 to 135,000 Sami people in the world. The Sami are sometimes called Lapps, but this is insulting[1] and has a negative meaning. In English the area is sometimes still called Lapland.
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There are 10 different Sámi languages. Six of the languages can be written. The other four have very few speakers.
"Archaeological research indicates that a culture identified as Sami arose in the Scandinavian peninsula between 1500 and 1000 B.C."[2]