“Generations have struggled to learn, despite efforts to eliminate our traditions and language. Having a strong sense of yourself and your community is a great foundation for learning.”
—Agnes Chavis, Lumbee
Online Class
Ville Söderbaum, North Sámi for Beginners, 2020
Programs & Tools
- Say it in Saami (North, South, Inari, with audio)
- Memrise (North, South, Lule, Ume, Inari, Kilden, Skolt lessons for English speakers)
- OAHPA! (North, South, Lule, Inari, Kilden, and Skolt — as well as Plains Cree)
- Gulladit (North, for Norwegian speakers, audio)
- Giellatekno, Sámi Technology Project (North, South, Lule, Pite, Inari, Skolt, Kilden)
- Quizlet, for making your own flashcards
- Sátnemeahccái (North, for native speakers)
- Sajus Girji (North, for Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish speakers)
- Sámi keyboard (North)
- Bustávat davvisámegillii (North, video for kids)
- Divvun proofing & translation tools (North, South, Lule)
Subscription
- nrk.no/sapmi (news in North)
- avvir.no (news in North)
Dictionaries
- Glosbe.com (North)
- Giellatekno / UiT dictionaries (North, South, Lule, North, Kildin, Ter, Kven)
- Verb Conjugator (North; enter a word, get all its forms, grammar terms spelled out, simplified)
- Paradigm Generator (North; enter a word, get all its forms, grammar terms abbreviated, comprehensive)
- Kimberli Mäkäräinen (North)
- Risten: Sámi dictionary and terminology (North)
- North Sami to Norwegian (translates text, docx, urls)
- Wordlist with sound files (North)
- Lexin picture themes (North)
- Grammar (North, South)
- 1,000 Most Frequent Words (North)
- The Interactive Corpus (North)
- Martindales (North, South, Lule, Ume, Inari, Skolt, Kildin, Akkala, Ume, Ter)
- Unilang Language Community (Skolt Sámi, South Sámi, Ume Sámi, and more; scroll down here to view all the available files and forum threads)
- Sami Parliament’s digital dictionary and dictionary app
- Sanit dictionary with conjugations
Resource Center
Sámi Giellagáldu, Nordic Resource Centre for South, Lule, Inari, Skolt, and North
Shop
Davvi Girji (bookstore, North)
Ájtte (museum with books in many languages)