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Europe and North Asia
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000-2,000

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Northern Europe: Lapland

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Location description

Spoken in Jokkmokk County and parts of Ga¨llivare and other adjacent counties in Norrbotten Province (Lule Lappmark) in Sweden and in the Tysfjord region in northern Nordland Province in Norway.

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Spoken in Jokkmokk County and parts of Ga¨llivare and other adjacent counties in Norrbotten Province (Lule Lappmark) in Sweden and in the Tysfjord region in northern Nordland Province in Norway.

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Other languages used

Swedish, Norwegian

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

67.272,17.7978

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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"1,500 in Sweden (Krauss 1995) ... Ethnic population: 6,000 in Sweden."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Sweden; Norway;

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