Sámi languages (/ ˈ s ɑː m i / SAH-mee), in English also rendered as Sami and Saami, are a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sámi people in Northern Europe (in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden, and extreme northwestern Russia).There are, depending on the nature and terms of division, ten or more Sami languages. Several spellings have been used for the …

The Sámi (/ ˈ s ɑː m i / SAH-mee; also spelled Sami or Saami) are an indigenous Finno-Ugric-speaking people native to the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, Russia, most of the Kola Peninsula in particular. The Sámi have historically been known in …

The Kola Peninsula (Russian: Кольский полуостров, romanized: Kolsky poluostrov; Kildin Sami: Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк) is a peninsula in the extreme northwest of Russia, and one of the largest peninsulas of Europe.Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely inside the Arctic Circle and is bordered by the Barents Sea to the north ...

In traditional Sámi music songs (e.g. Kvad and Leudd songs) and joiks are important musical expressions of the Sámi people and Sámi languages.The Sámi also use a variety of musical instruments, some unique to the Sámi, some traditional …

Deities and animal spirits. Aside from bear worship, there are other animal spirits such as the Haldi who watch over nature.Some Sámi people have a thunder god called Horagalles. Rana Niejta is "the daughter of the green, fertile earth". The symbol of the world tree or pillar, which reaches up to the North Star and is similar to that found in Finnish mythology, may also be …

Introducción. La gran mayoría de lenguas de Europa cuentan con algún estándar escrito o literario reconocido por la mayoría de sus hablantes. Esto contrasta ampliamente con la situación entre las lenguas autóctonas de África, América, Oceanía y un número importante de lenguas de Asia, que no tienen una ortografía estandarizada ni son usualmente usadas en el registro escrito.

The Komi (Komi: комияс, komijas also комі-войтир, komi-vojtyr), also called Komi-Zyryans or Zyryans, are an indigenous Permian ethnic group whose homeland is in the northeast of European Russia around the basins of the Vychegda, Pechora and Kama rivers. They mostly reside in the Komi Republic, Perm Krai, Murmansk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, …

This is a list of lakes of Europe with an average area greater than 100 km 2 (39 sq mi). Some smaller lakes may be missing from the list. List. Reservoirs and smaller sub-basins that are already counted are not ranked.

The area traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people is known in Northern Sámi as Sápmi, and typically includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia.Previously, the Sámi have probably inhabited areas further south in Fennoscandia. A few Stone Age cultures in the area had been speculated, especially in the 18th and early 19th centuries, to be associated with the ancestors …

Lavvu (or Northern Sami: lávvu, Lule Sami: låvdagoahte, Inari Sami: láávu, Skolt Sami: kååvas, Kildin Sami: коавас (kåvas), Finnish: kota or umpilaavu, Norwegian: lavvo or sametelt, and Swedish: kåta) is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern extremes of Northern Europe.It has a design similar to a Native American tipi but is less vertical and more stable in ...