Ume Sámi

Ume Sámi
ubmejesámiengiälla
Native toSweden
Native speakers
(100 cited 2000)
Uralic
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3sju
Glottologumes1235
ELPUme Saami
Ume Sami language area (red) within Sápmi (grey)
Ume Saami is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Ume Sámi (Ume Sami: Ubmejesámiengiälla, Norwegian: Umesamisk, Swedish: Umesamiska) is a Sámi language spoken in Sweden and formerly in Norway. According to UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010), there are fewer than 20 speakers of Ume Sami. It was spoken mainly along the Ume River in the south of present-day Arjeplog, in Sorsele and in Arvidsjaur.