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East Sami language

Also known as: East Lapp language
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East Sami is a member of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, spoken by the Sami people on the Kola Peninsula in Russia and by two groups in eastern Finland: Inari and Skolt. While many Sami are bilingual, East Sami is one of the Sami languages that are mutually unintelligible with each other. The Sami languages share features with Baltic-Finnic languages, and their grammar is similar to Finnish, though their syntax has been influenced by Scandinavian languages.12

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  2. Uralic languages - The Sami (Lapp) languages
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