Alternate Names: Anar, “Finnish Lapp” (pej.), “Inari Lappish” (pej.), “Lapp” (pej.), Saam, Saame, Sámi, Samic
Genealogy:
Demographics: 300 (2001 census). 4,700 all Saami in Finland (1995). Ethnic population: 700 (1995 M. Krauss).
Language Use: Few children used to learn it before the founding of the first Inari Saami language nest in 1997. Now a substantial portion of youth are growing as functional bilinguals (Salminen 2007). Also use Finnish [fin]. Instruction in schools is in Finnish.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 30%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Bible portions: 1903–1980.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Finland
Other Comments: Some literature.