About the Sámi languages

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Today we're exploring the language of the Sámi people. More precisely, the languages, as there is more than one Sámi language. Sámi is spoken in an extreme landscape of Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola peninsula in Russia. It is a part of the big Uralic language family, but it also has a lot of unique features, which stem from the region's deepest past.
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Music used:
Midnight Sun by Savvun
Pancakes by Dylan Sitts
Videos used:
Yoik of the Wind - • Yoik of the Wind
WIKITONGUES: Lene and Børre speaking Northern Sami - • WIKITONGUES: Lene and ...
WIKITONGUES: Anna speaking Kildin Saami - • WIKITONGUES: Anna spea...
WIKITONGUES: Simon Piera speaking Lule Saami - • WIKITONGUES: Simon Pie...
[CC] Jikŋon 2: Čájet Mat｜Show Yourself｜Northern Sami - • Video
#saami #lapland #uralic

[@JuLingo]

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[@kamranriaz4661]

Hi can you do a south asian language please

[@dotcom2528]

When ever you are running low on language subjects you could turn to all the dialects of Thailand. More and more people are traveling so it has an increasing interest...!

[@mysteriousDSF]

@@kamranriaz4661 Tamil

[@kamranriaz4661]

@@mysteriousDSF yes One of the oldest languages on erth

[@mysteriousDSF]

@@kamranriaz4661 cool culture. Everytime I meet someone with a Dravidian background I'm impressed. They're like the whole package hard working AND funny and entertaining people. Most of the time people are either this or that but South Indians and Sri Lankans are both.

[@Jmvars]

I'm a native northern Sámi speaker. Some notes and fun facts: Yes, while Lule- and Inari Sámi are the easiest to understand, it's _very_ hard to understand. For example, I tried to listen to the Lule Sámi news and I struggled to understand more than 50% while really concentrating. Inari Sámi is impossible, certain words can be understood but that's about it. On the unknown origin of words: In my area of Guovdageaidnu(Kautokeino) there are certain repeated words for lakes, mountains etc that not even we know the meaning of. They've just been lost to time. On the 200 words for snow: I've seen a lot of doubt about this claim, but I can assure you it's closer to reality than people with an inferior number of words for snow might think ;) It covers everything from how it falls, how big the snowflakes are and how wet it is. Once it's on the ground it covers everything from how sticky it is, how it's layered, how it's structured and once again how wet it is, also how it sticks to objects like trees. It also covers how it's been disturbed by people and animals, mainly reindeer. Because of our traditional lifestyle means we need accurate ways of describing the nature and weather around us, and I'd like to remind you that we get at least 5 full months of snow. Here is a nice list of a bit over 200 words: www.beneathnorthernlights.com/sami-languages/ (source in the bottom of the post) I can't verify every one of them but I'm not going to claim 200 either. This isn't mean to discredit this video, I'm just providing some context as an actual native speaker of the languages, hopefully that has some weight. I appreciate the attention our tiny languages get.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

They're clearly ANCIENT and remote languages with a very limited number of daily users, like a lot of indigenous American ones. It makes sense that so many definitions/etymologies would get lost over the millennia. It's a great thing that these languages are getting the attention and study that they are now.

[@doaa7941]

Are the 200 words for snow because of the language's agglutinative nature?

[@Jmvars]

@@doaa7941 No, they are separate words.

[@doaa7941]

@@Jmvars Damn, 200 completely unique words sounds a bit too much lol. Who needs adjectives anymore!

[@ahkebeaivi7536]

@@doaa7941 actually most Uralic languages just use a stem for the meaning of something and then suffixes to indicate how it functions in the sentence. Similar to how -ness, -ity, and other noun endings work in English just that most Uralic languages have these for verbs, nouns and adjectives or adverbs. For example Northern Sámi's word for love is ráhkisvuohta/ ráhkesvuohta and the verb is ráhkistit, therefore the stem ráhkis is always the same😊 (until consonant gradation hits when declining the noun or conjugating the verb but hey🤣)

[@user-kz5cw2gj3w]

In 1978, I hiked to a Sami reindeer gathering in northern Sweden. They were very friendly and invited me to visit their summer camp. That memory sticks with me very strong to this day!

[@esalehtismaki]

For us Finns Sámi languages have a familiar sound, but too few common words to understand much. Joik is strikingly similar to North American native music.

[@Jmvars]

I'm Sámi speaking Northern Sámi, I feel this way about most uralic languages. It's eerily familiar while not understanding anything except maybe a few similar words that might mean the same thing. Obviously Finnish is large and close to us so it's the most familiar.

[@corinna007]

I would agree; most if not all of the indigenous music I've heard here in Canada is also singing without words, as Julie put it.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

Listening to a Joik Spotify playlist, it reminds me of traditional Sakha music (despite the Sakha having lyrics). Also, groups like Wardruna and Runfal seem to mimic the style despite being Germanic. I love it regardless.

[@loveandmercy9664]

As a Canadian that was hard not to ecape me.

[@kaurikallio4668]

@@Jmvars many words that are the same root are used in different contexts, on top of finnish and saami languages having different vowels (even though they correspond systematically)

[@clementbaron3270]

Just a little correction, "kuu" is "moon" in finnish whereas "tree" is "puu". Really nice video anyways ;)

[@vulc1]

No, "kuu" is the Moon and "puu" is a tree in Estonian.

[@Amigazor]

@@vulc1 It's the same in finnish.

[@polishhussarmapping258]

Kuuuurija - moon explorer in Estonian

[@ustit-vuohta6695]

Mannu ja Muorra in Northern Sámi

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

The woman playing the tradition drum and singing Joik lives around 10 miles from my house. She is more famous abroad than here in Norway, although she is well known in Norway with many albums released. My mother also speak the Kveni language which is related to Suomi and are quite similar with the modern Finnish language. Kveni is a very small language with only a few speakers left in the older population.

[@NachtmahrNebenan]

"They don't worship war" was the best message for me today! Thanks to your excellent video people might have more awareness about Sámi people ♥️

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

A short story on languages spoken in Porsanggu; I visited my uncles in the northern part of the Porsanggu fjord a few years ago. A friend of my uncles came by and we chatted outside as the weather was nice. I spoke Norwegian, my uncle Rolf spoke only Kveni, the visitor spoke only the local Sami dialect, my uncle Herman spoke both Kveni and Sami, and when they spoke to me they spoke in Norwegian. When uncle Rolf spoke in Kveni the visitor replied in Sami to my uncle. When uncle Herman spoke in Kveni to the visitor she replied in Sami. Funny thing they all understood each other perfectly well. Uncle Herman spoke in Sami to the visitior and in Kveni to his brother. It was an amazing experience and I will never forget it, It didn't matter what language was spoken they all understood and replied in the language they felt most comfortable to speak. There are many words between Kveni and Sami that are almost the same and yet more words that are very similar, the rest they understand in context I believe :-)

[@champagne.future5248]

Wow amazing story. As a monolingual I can’t imagine being a part of such a conversation

[@LSF000]

Speaking as a musician, I find it interesting that the language itself has such a rhythmic cadence whereas their traditional singing eschews the language. But I find both to be captivating.

[@519djw6]

*To the best of my knowledge, "Ofelas," known in English as "Pathfinder," is the only feature film made in the Sámi language. If you want to get an idea of how Sámi sounds, make sure you see the original 1987 version, as it has been remade in English to reach a wider audience.*

[@RCSVirginia]

519DJW My late best friend and his brother were the only other two people I have ever known who shared my affection for the original "Ofelas-Pathfinder" film. So, I am glad to see that there is someone else who has seen it and liked it.

[@cdl0]

There is also the beautiful Russian film 'Кукушка' (The Cuckoo) where the three main characters speak Sámi, Finnish, and Russian, where as a result of language-related problems, tragic and comic misunderstandings arise. In some ways, it is best to watch the film without subtitles, particularly if this means you cannot understand some or little of what is said, because this reflects the situation in which the characters find themselves.

[@selmabjoernakull]

Sameblod. It contains both southern Sámi and swedish. But a lot of southern sámi. I think it’s more southern Sámi than swedish

[@yorgunsamuray]

The first one sounded so Finnish to my ears, the second one had some kind of Russian accent. The main language affects the minority language, just like hearing that French accent in Breton.

[@BlaecHrim]

I can see the one word that is close to čáhci: Sahti. Sahti is a type of home made beer but could be close enough to make the connection.

[@watchyourlanguage3870]

Currently binge-watching your whole channel, I can’t believe I didn’t find it until now. This stuff is amazing!

[@learnurduwithsara1068]

I was watching the animation Klaus and it caused a lot of facination for Sami.

[@ilesalmo7724]

This is just a guess, but the Sami word for water could have similar etymological roots as the Finnish drink Sahti whose name comes from proto-Germanic word Saft (juice, liquid, sap) which is used in many Scandinavian languages

[@hannolansman7993]

An interesting guess! The word "saft" actually exists as a separate loan, through the Old Norse word "sapt" as "sákta". The word čáhci is of a different origin, as /ft/ consonant cluster would stay that way. In stead, the original pre-Sámi word would have been something along the lines of "čäca", by reversing the sound changes Saami languages have gone through.

[@urmasalas]

The Estonian island of Saaremaa is Sāmsala in Latvian, meaning the Island of Sámi. This could mean that Latvians' ancestors had already met the Sámi when Estonians who spoke a similar language arrived in Saaremaa.

[@AnnaKaunitz]

The Sami never went to Saaremaa, they were not seafaring people. Sapmi was and is in the Northen parts of the countries not a Baltic Sea thing.

[@urmasalas]

​@@AnnaKaunitz This does not preclude contacts between the Sámi and the Balts. Especially as the former spread previously farther south. Before the arrival of the Baltic Finns, the Balts also lived further north (the corded ware culture)

[@AnnaKaunitz]

@@urmasalas The Sami serie Arctic hunters and they were in contact with other people since the Viking era for trade but so far, there’s no archaeological nor DNA evidence that the Sami were on Saarenmaa and further down south beyond Sapmi. Linguistically there’s no evidence for it to. The Swedes in Estonia living on Ösel and Dagö (those were the Swedish names) were Swedish speakers. I’ve never seen any Sami or Sami sources here in Sweden saying what you say and the Sami are the recognised indigenous people here which is tied to locations and land, they have the Sami parliament, are self governing etc and there’s a revival going on the last decades. Every detail of their culture is very specific including history.

[@liyura8907]

this seems completely unsubstantiated. the only evidence for this i could find is one line on a wikipedia article that goes unsourced. there is very little reason to think that the latvian name for saaremaa is connected in any way to the saami.

[@AnnaKaunitz]

@@liyura8907 Exactly.

[@navytav]

Really interesting! I'm always excited for notifications when you have new content out!

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

Thank you for speaking about the Sami Languages. I live in Lakselv, at the bottom of the Porsanggu fjord in Finnmark, Norway. My mother speaks Davvi Sami, Mearra Sami Porsanggu dialect, I understand some of it but I'm not able to speak the language. There are very few people in Porsanggu that speaks Sami in their daily life conversations, the Norwegian language has taken over more and more. I fear that the Sami language in Porsanggu will go extinct withing a few generations as the young people have stopped speaking Sami in our community.. sad but true.

[@jyrkilehtinen9886]

Some samoyed peoples in Russia are reindeer herders too, and some of them live at the European side of the Ural mountains.

[@jeandeboishault6380]

Thanks a lot ! Sápmi languages are the most beautiful for me to hear, especially when they are spoken. If I lived in Norway (or somewhere else in this northern part of Europe), I would learn Northern sápmi ! Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année !

[@kyll5552]

I love that you make videos about the more overlooked languages, thank you so much

[@JLandavega]

Wonderful! Greetings from Texas Keep up the informative content 🙌🏽😎

[@grf1426]

What's the music for? I want to listen to what you are saying without distraction

[@ayakodiaz1731]

I absolutely love this video

[@whukriede]

Yeah, that was quite nice and interesting. And, although the music was very loud, I could actually hear most of what you said! Happy 2022!

[@kipdude1]

Another amazing video! Thanks JuLingo!!

[@lisanutini5183]

Thank you so much. I've always wanted to know more about the Sámi peoples, languages and cultures. I hope they are well-cared for.

[@Tee-xt1cv]

I’ve been waiting for this one!!

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

Great video Julie!

[@igusan]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[@alvinmick218]

Another excellent video as always. Well done Julie! I have always been fascinated with other languages besides my native English and I especially like how you often highlight much lesser known languages. Thank you!

[@esthertoon9006]

Love it so much! Thank you

[@shriyabhattacharya1889]

I was writing an article and needed a detailed video about Saami culture. You were soo articulate. Good choice of words made the video better to understand. I thank you.

[@user-mp8rq9in7l]

Good video as always, but I must say the music is a bit loud compared to your speaking, but that might just be me

[@lingux_yt]

equalizing music is always a nightmare when making videos

[@frankb1]

Thanks for posting!!

[@mysteriousDSF]

That's the coolest thing Disney ever, ever done. There should be government initiations all over the world to dub major media to local languages.

[@senesterium]

They also dubbed Moana in Tahitian.

[@niamhadairia2956]

Wish they could have dubbed Brave in Gaelic :(

[@donkerheid]

Fascinating, thank you.

[@RyanSaturley]

Hi Julie, great video as always. My only complaint is your voice is at the same audible level as the background music. Consider raising your voice volume and moving the background music a little more in the background.

[@PCGameNerd917]

You made a video about sami languages close to Christmas. My suggestion was answered.

[@sahd0w]

Yay! Love your videos.

[@bpetersson5024]

Great video! I was up in Abisko one summer, visiting a Sami chief and his family and got to stay in one of those "kota" or jurts, sleeping on reindeer pelts, listening to them talking, it sounded like music. It was the first time I realized the cultural destruction we had caused these people.

[@livedandletdie]

Vill du höra ett dåligt skämt om Samer på Skånska? Waeföe haweo Samenna sau maunna baan? Dää ju Kauta... You think the Swedes has destroyed a lot of Sámi culture, how about Scanian culture, and language, Death to all Swedes, I say. Deaths should be paid with deaths. The day that Swedes are no more will be the best day for the Danefolk and the Sámefolk. Sverige består utav Skåne och därom norråtliggande fäbodar och Lappland. Må alla svenskar dö, så att 400 år utav förtryck må försvinna.

[@yudjerthen]

Love the content

[@Safe-and-effective]

Absolutely stunning.

[@dimascherbak3173]

This is my favorite linguistic channel ❤️❤️❤️

[@corinna007]

I would really like to learn Northern Sámi someday. To me it does have a very similar rhythm to Finnish. And certain aspects of the grammar, like the negation thing, are similar, too. I wonder if Finnish was influenced by Sámi in that regard, since Estonian and Hungarian don't do that. Also, as someone else mentioned, "Kuu" in Finnish is the moon, and the word for tree is "Puu". You may have gotten it confused with "Kuusi", which is specifically a spruce (and also the number 6). Still hoping you'll make a video on Finnish someday. 😅

[@Pupu83]

To my understanding it's been speculated that samic has been influenced by finnic by being so close geographically and also being most closely related to finnish.

[@xa3827]

great video

[@RobertFuszenecker]

Hi Julie, thanks for mentioning Hungarian. This language is quite far from its relatives, at least, in terms of phisical distnace 🙂

[@eusela_99]

Thank you so much for such a great video, and a rare one too on those often forgotten languages of the very north! Would you be so kind to share/ post the resources links of those maps and graphics on a pinned comment/ the description? I'm researching as well about the sámi languages and isn't been easy to find good quality maps and graphics such as the ones in your video. Thanks a lot | Giitu!

[@pravoslavn]

You don't need any background music to enhance your videos... your charming voice is quite enough. As a matter of fact, the music makes it hard for me to pick up some of your words. (Love your videos!)

[@coviddatalab7408]

Thanks for this great work. I didn't know that nenet language was part of that language family very interesting

[@mullisaukko423]

I always adored the Sámi culture 😍 Id love to study it someday!! ❤️

[@Ong.s_Jukebox]

So, not everyone in Scandinavia is Viking?! Huh. Interesting. Also, I really do think these languages need to be preserved. I also wish I could learn them. That voice orchestra than that Frozen voice-over song were really beautiful! Cheers from Malaysia.

[@johnbreiby9624]

This is the first time I've listened to your program and I found it fascinating. I would like to politely suggest that you tone down the music drastically; it was so loud and intrusive that I could barely understand what was being said. Thank you and I look forward to listening to future programs from you.

[@hhgygy]

02:29 varra - veri - vér (Hungarian) čalbmi - silmä - szem (Hungarian) golbma - kolme - kolom (Komi) - korum (Mansi) - három (Hungarian)

[@mehdikeymousa3955]

Really the great thanks to your research it is so worthy valuable information to the arts even, I saved your map pictures, I appreciate you so much. 🙏🙏🤟🤟

[@noahhogan9308]

OH MY GOODNESS, I REALLY love the Sámi languages, & am SOOO glad that Jikŋon 2 helped to promote these BEAUTIFUL languages!!! 😍 I, too, feel like the Northuldra people, as I LOVE nature, & feel connected to it!!! 😊 I LOVE that the five elements were featured HEAVILY in that BEAUTIFUL movie!!! 💓🫀💓

[@SuperMontpetit]

I dont understand a word in Sami language, but I come to see lovely Julie!

[@you-know-who9023]

@ Clement Exactly the same in Estonian which respectively also mean month and wood/timber. Great video 👍

[@sandman0123]

Wow! Yet another fascinating look at a language but also a lot more. Thank you, Julie! If the world spent more time on preserving traditions and sharing them with others instead of trying to dominate each other, wouldn't it be a better world?! Even a small ethnic group like the Sámi has very rich cultural traditions which would be a shame to loose, in the noise of the modern world. Of course, language is just such an essential part of identity.

[@juandiegoprado]

Great video as always. One small suggestion though. Sometimes the volume of the background music is a bit high and it becomes a little difficult to hear you. Just lower it a notch and you should be good to go!

[@JuLingo]

Thank you! Yeah, quite a few people commented on music, so I’ll lower it down next time

[@zsoltzelenka4014]

@@JuLingo Anyway, you've such a beautiful angelical voice! I could listen to you all day long. :) Have you ever wondered that you should try to make another channel where you read audiobooks? It would be so cool!

[@juandiegoprado]

@@JuLingo Perfect! Looking forward to your next video!

[@georgiancrossroads]

Thanks again Julie. Have you covered the connection between the Finnish and Hungarian languages?

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

That would be an interesting video.

[@radir1657]

Mi, sumérok, szkíták, etruszkok, kelták, hunok, vagyis magyarok, megszenvedtük választottságunkat, de fennmaradtunk és fennmaradunk, mert a bolygó emberi civilizációjának letéteményesei, a gondviselés akaratának hordozói vagyunk. Ezért is gyűlölnek bennünket oly sokan - irigyeink, megszállóink, akik valójában megszállottan keresik az elixírt, hogy hogyan válhatnának magyarrá, hogyan osztozhatnának titkainkban, választottságunk előnyeiben. Ezért akarják elrabolni földünket, vizünket, levegőnket. A Kárpát-medencének különleges kisugárzása van. Eddig még minden birodalom, amely akaratunk ellenére megszállta, pórul járt, megbukott. Különös kisugárzása tán a mi földünknek, hogy megtizedeli a ránk kezet emelőket. 1849-ben a Habsburgok által ellenünk behívott orosz cári seregek csatákban nem vesztettek annyi embert, mint betegségekben. A visszaemlékezésekből tudjuk, hogy az orosz tábori orvosok a Kárpát-medence rossz levegőjével, mocsári kigőzöléseivel magyarázták a rettenetes emberveszteségeket. Érdekes, hogy ugyanezek a kigőzölések, rossz levegők magyar honvédeinkre, huszárainkra, népfelkelőinkre nem hatottak. Amikor az úgynevezett jobboldal jut hatalomra Magyarországon nemzeti, hazafias érzelmű magyar emberek szavazata, támogatása révén, feltűnően megszaporodnak az árvizek, a belvizek, a gátszakadások, vagy ellenkezőleg az aszályok, a szárazságok; szóval a szélsőséges természeti csapások. A globális háttérhatalom már a 2010 tavaszi parlamenti választásokon elért frenetikus jobboldali, nemzeti győzelmet sem nyelte le - és erre jött az önkormányzati diadal októberben. A Fidesz és a KDNP, valamint a Jobbik együttesen eltaposta a ballibet. De még nem is ünnepelhetett igazán a kormánykoalíció, amikor nem sokra rá bekövetkezett a vörösiszap-tragédia. Mintha valakik ünnepelni sem engedték volna az ország jobb felét. Mintha valakik végleg elveszítették volna a türelmüket és kapkodva, gyorsan az égi haditechnikához folyamodtak volna. Akkoriban beszélték, hogy a pápai NATO repülőtérnek köze lehet a katasztrófához, merthogy a NATO gépei egészen alacsonyra ereszkedve épp a vörösiszap-tározó fölött húztak el. Esetleg valamelyikről véletlenül elszabadult egy, amúgy az arab világnak vagy Afganisztánnak szánt rakéta, lézer vezérlésű bomba. De hát ugye ennek nyoma maradt volna - no persze a nyomokat, repeszeket is össze lehet szedni. Példa rá szeptember 11-én az ikertorony New Yorkban, avagy a Pentagon Washingtonban. Nostradamust lehet sokféleképpen magyarázni, ám Vanga, ez az egyszerű, balkáni asszony nagyon konkrét dolgokat, történéseket, időpontokat jövendölt. Jóslatainak több, mint 80 százaléka megvalósult, vagyis komolyan kell venni őt. A magyarsággal semmilyen kapcsolatban nem lévő, nemzetünk iránt nem elfogult bolgár látnokasszony egyik előrejelzése szerint 2115-ben a világűrből jövő lények velünk, magyarokkal lépnek majd kapcsolatba. Általunk, magyarok által kerül sor a földi és a bolygón kívüli társadalom találkozására. Mi, magyarok fejtjük majd meg a rejtélyt. Elődeink tehát Sumérföldön megérték, megélték az özönvizet. Túlélték, mert a gondviselés gondjukat viselve magaslatokra vezette őket az Ararát és a Kaukázus csúcsaira, miközben az ár elmosta a mai Irak és Irán területét, sumér őseink akkori hazáját. 1995 tavaszán a kurdok ellen támadó török hadsereg egy harci helikopterén bejutottam Észak-Irakba. Hirtelen a szelíd lankákkal övezett patakvölgyben úgy éreztem, mintha már jártam volna itt sok ezer kilométerre hazámtól, pedig sosem jártam. Mintha visszaköszönt volna valami régi élmény, amelyet tán valaki más élt meg, de általam üzent. ‘Kürçe’ - billentett ki merengésemből a török kísérőtiszt az eldobált fegyvereket mutogatván. ‘Kürçe’ - így hívják a kurdokat. Az egyik magyar törzs a Kürtgyarmat nevet viselte Kürt előnévvel. Talán az ő szálláshelyük volt ez a vidék itt, Észak-Irakban. A felhőbe vesző Araráttól, a kaukázusi Elbrusz félelmetes csúcsától még távolabb vezette őseinket a magyarok Istene, hogy újabb özönvizektől mentse őket - a Himalájáig. A turul szent madár útmutatása alapján az Urál hegységet és annak legendás kristályait, az Üveghegyeket érintve hozott a Kárpátokba minket a Jóisten - ismét hegyekbe,magaslatokra, hogy óvja népét a tengerek, valamint idegen, aljas, kapzsi népek özönétől. Ránk bízta a Kárpát-medencét - ezt a különleges vidéket, földi Édenkertet, amelyre oly sok gonosznak fájt és fáj a foga, amelyet annyian el akartak tőlünk már rabolni, mégsem sikerült nekik. Vagy pusztultak innen, vagy belepusztultak, de a magyarság maradt, volt, van és lesz, Erre választotta őt a Mindenható - őrizni Európa közepét, a világ szívét, a rendkívüli kisugárzású földet, amely az Úristené és amely földnek ő tette meg a magyarságot őrizőül. Akár sumér, akár szkíta, akár etruszk, akár hun, akár kelta - magyar, Isten választottja, az ő kertjének művelője, őrzője. Ő pedig, ha jön a vész, nem hagy el; fölvisz a legmagasabb hegyre, miközben öt évezrede tobzódó ellenségeinket, irigyeinket elsöpri majd. És jön az új világ, új renddel, civilizációval, fejlődési ciklussal. Csak mi maradunk, akik voltunk és akik leszünk. Ez hát a mi titkunk, fölfedtem! A fennmaradás, az újjászületés. Nem szeretnék ellenségeink helyében lenni!

[@junyumieart5285]

I've only heard about this beautiful language and it really breaks my heart to learn that it's facing the threat of extinction. My people's language, the Dusun language face this same problem. Most parents don't teach our language to their kids. They prefer to communicate to their kids in either Malay or English instead of our native tongue. As a result all the kids in the community communicate to eachother in this language and never in Dusun. I have nothing against the Malay or English language. It's just that the issue about neglecting to teach the native tongue really needs to be adressed. You can take Dusun as a subject at school and it's really a wonderful initiative but sadly most teenagers aren't interested in learning it. It hurts to see that it has gotten to the point where the new generation think of their own native tongue as a burden. I am grateful that my parents have tried their best to pass on the language to me and help me see how important it is to keep our language alive. I've been trying my hardest to learn as much as i can. It gets very frustrating some days that there is still so so much that i don't know but i'll keep persisting that's for sure. My heart goes out to everyone that's trying their best to keep their language and culture alive. May our endeavours lead to a better future for our mother tongues.

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

I’d be interested to know if there are any similarities of Sámi language and any of the Far Eastern Asia languages like Ainu or Evenki, etc. Have always been fascinated in the many similarities of their culture with these groups: knifemaking, the embroidery style, dogsled style, boatmaking. I forget which group it was on a documentary of NE China, but some nomadic ethnic group (along the Amur river?) attributes their reindeer herding from a migrant group that came from the west...

[@Pakanahymni]

There is no relationship that historical linguistics can prove. They are demonstrably in the Uralic family, and can't be any more closely related to Ainu or Evenki than any other Uralic language. As far as I know the Sámi did not practice dog sledding at all.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

I'd estimate that Ainu and Evenki have more in common with each other and Turkic and Mongolic languages than they would with any family west of the Urals. Not in a genuine related sense, but simple contact over the last few thousand years. But yes- any successful peoples in the Arctic would probably share a lot of commonsense similarities in terms of lifestyle.

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

A culture can absorb traits and words without being replaced. English is a great example. There are Russian words in Japanese and vice versa and nobody would say slavs or japanese are either. but likewise many similarities btw tribes all across europe and asia. simply wondering if any words are same despite the distance.

[@chrissonnenschein6634]

Furthermore as English goes: There is not much historical olde English in Modern English except maybe place names.

[@mortenrl1946]

There are also reindeer herding steppe nomads in the East - The Chukchi people of what is now eastern Russia come to mind. They are notable for technically halting Russia's westward expansion for a little bit, as they turned out to be very difficult to remove. Interesting to read about. Made drums from their enemies' skin.

[@lingux_yt]

5:28 that sounds VERY interesting, I'm gonna check that out great video!

[@waywardcalifornian3516]

i love you so much!

[@nathanielclark1981]

I’m always stunned by your knowledge…another great video. Were the Sami ever considered Viking?

[@gerald4013]

Sami and Vikings are completely different people. Vikings were Germanic people, Sami are Finn-Ugric...

[@mysteriousDSF]

Absolutely zero relationship between the Sámi and Vikings.

[@gerald4013]

@⌘ Hyperborean Bard ⌘ Aye of course, if we take the word "Viking" in its literal meaning, but I guess Nat Clark wanted to say "Scandinavians" (ie. those who speak Germanic languages) :-)

[@mortenrl1946]

The Sami are separate from the other Nordic peoples as we know them, having different culture and languages. There is some evidence to suggest that they intermarried and occasionally fought alongside and against one another, though. The Sami were also considered magical by their neighbors in those times.

[@danielnielsen1977]

​@@mortenrl1946 " Still considered magical in these times " Also a Connection with ancient Minoans.

[@seigneurnoir7096]

ça nous transporte si loin... dans une région du monde dont on entend si peu parler... Une découverte agréable et quelque peu déroutante !

[@paulmorrison9691]

Wow what beautiful eyes love your knowledge on different languages

[@samihititli5890]

Teşekkürler.

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

You are one of the rare youtubers whose videos I watch without skipping a second :)

[@johncoffman1841]

Hi July. Wonderful episodes. I am intrigued here to learn that there are mysterious words from a mysterious culture from before the Sami arrived. Is there a list somewhere of these mysterious 'Paleo-Lapland' words?

[@LagogaL]

Nice video, few mistakes here and there as mentioned in previous comments. Buorre beaivi.

[@farfrommensa]

Always remember that you are an exceptional beauty. Thank you for your channel.

[@villeporttila5161]

Pathetic. Comment on the content or nothing at all

[@farfrommensa]

@@villeporttila5161 No.

[@liyura8907]

i live in sápmi ! i don't speak the language(s) unfortunately but they're all quite beautiful, im fortunate to live in this lovely country.

[@theBoss3121]

Just watched a movie in Sami. I couldn't think of the language and I'm pretty good at that

[@celiabarrett2107]

Lovely to learn about and hear their language. So interesting that the nature words might be very ancient. I liked the sentiment that their culture does not revere war.

[@umeshdevi4963]

You are the best

[@12DanDaniel]

(background music too loud) Great overview. Thank you.

[@taterkaze9428]

Juli, the music is louder than your voice. It's a bit distracting. Suggest music volume should be no more than half what it is here. Thanks for another fascinating look into the linguistics of planet Earth.

[@loveandmercy9664]

I enjoy your vidoes because beacuse you do a lot of videos on obsecure indigenous langagues. I wolud to see a video on Michif a mixed langauge in Canada of Cree and French and a video on Aramaic. Both these languages have promient movements in trying to bring about their resuurecction.

[@martinkullberg6718]

I like there words, when I was in the vicinity of the polecircle on a holliday, there was a sign with a saami sentence on it, it was long and ended in -lapeasuando ! 😁

[@janhabart1661]

Dear JULingo, interesting story about Sami language. I had some difficulties to understand your speech as the background music was sometimes too loud and kind of sharp. It would make listening more convening if the music behind you voice would be less loud and more calm. Many thanks for this video, I really appreciated. Kiitos.

[@EV4UTube]

Suggestion:. Lower the volume of the music when there is a voice-over. I'm having to actively ignore the music and hyper-focus on the speech in order to understand what she's saying. After a while, it is exhausting to maintain. I can't imagine this is a topic that many would be interested in, so do what you can to retain viewers who are interested by ensuring that the speech is clear & easily understood.

[@minunetv]

응원합니다!

[@sebastienlopezmassoni8107]

I'm remember the amazing Mari Boine's songs.

[@sheknowghost]

Please do a video about Protong!

[@DarkDennis1961]

KZbin recommended this channel. I feel like I have discovered buried treasure. outstanding. a theory that is now considered outmoded, when I studied Japanese in the 80s the Finish languages were thought to be related. "Altaic" languages included Japanese then. this video explains a bit why that was thought to be true at that time.

[@Pablo_Gardens]

great video! Jiok sounds beautiful and I absolutely love that there are many different words related to snow. sounds like a very interesting culture and language. ps. for the next video I would love to see the Chilean Spanish dialect or Hawaiian/Hawaiian Pidgin

[@ustit-vuohta6695]

Nice that you also highlight the differences with other neighbour languages. There are many similar words with Finnish and Swedish. Little known - but there are also words that seems similar to inuit. Like gabmek and kamek (shoe).

[@ustit-vuohta6695]

Sami also have similarities with languages in the far east like Sakha, Evenk. Notable in family members and it starts right away with the language word. Like Sami-giella, or Sami-gilli. For instance Sakha-tyla, Qazaqh-tilli. And the word čahci you mention. The ending -ci sounds similar to su, which is water in many Turkic lsngusges

[@danielhensley2597]

I’m quarter Native American and our cultures seem very similar.

[@kenolson6572]

I see that, too. The singing and drumming really brought out the point for me.

[@danielhensley2597]

I’m half Swedish too and pre Christian Europa looked and sounded a lot like Native Americans! Christianity fucked us out of our birth right!

[@EdgarVi1608]

Скорее всего тебя зовут Юля и спасибо огромное за информацию о народе Саамов, интересно.

[@iimCzaR]

Julie, you’re so pretty. I love your videos.

[@rursus8354]

Čáhci originates from a Paleoeuropean language called Palaeo-Laplandic, see _Pre-Finno-Ugric substrate_ in English wikipedia. The accent-stress system of the Sámi languages is identical with the Finnish accent.

[@Captain-Groovy]

Is Sami a substratum of Scandinavian languages(Germanic)?

[@waynemclaughlin8937]

The Sami's people remind me so much of the Indigenous people in North America and South America how they all respect mother earth and all the nature and animals. I have a question if anyone cares to answer it for me? The Sami's in Northern Norway were they ever attacked by the Vikings or enslaved by them? Great video about the Sami's people btw I didn't know much about them except that they lived in the Scandinavian countries. So thank you! 😊 🇨🇦

[@danielnielsen1977]

Attacked by the rulers (KINGS) more so with the introduction of Christendom. That's what forced them farther north. There's was a general respect amongst the people.

[@splatoog]

attacks of sámi by vikings mostly begun after vikings converted fully to christianity. vikings used to protect us from christians and those with the idea to harm us because they believed in our magic and wanted to protect it.

[@flamencoprof]

00:24 I do not believe that hard line between Finland and "Russia". I think someone has been cooking the Russian books.

[@brillitheworldbuilder]

Can you make a video about Greenlandic?

[@sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025]

I love you.

[@jyrkilehtinen9886]

Tree in Finnish is not kuu but puu. Kuu is Moon. (If not noted already)

[@haleybunker1339]

Beautiful gorgeous reindeer.