Locale Se No
Use when working with the Northern Sami (Norway) locale (`se-NO`) — its endonym Davvisámegiella (Norga), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
Reference data for the Northern Sami (Norway) locale — endonym Davvisámegiella (Norga), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
se-NO - ISO 639-1:
se - ISO 639-3:
sme - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: NO (Norway)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 15,000
- L2 (additional): 5,000
- L1+L2 (total): 20,000
Pluralization
CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, two, other (3 forms).
- one —
n = 1(e.g. 1) - two —
n = 2(e.g. 2) - other — everything else (e.g. 0, 3~17, 100, 1000, …)
See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.
Translating into this locale
Apply Locale Se Fi to Northern Sámi in Norway, where the Sámi Language Act (Sameloven) gives Sámi equal status with Norwegian in the Sámi administrative area.
- Context: Sámi is used in Sápmi administration, education, and media (NRK Sápmi); the Sámi Parliament (Sámediggi) is in Karasjok.
- Formats: Norwegian krone (
kr); decimal comma; dates with Sámi month names; quotation marks«…»; 24-hour clock. - Terminology: use Sámi Parliament and Giellagáldu terms for official content.
Common pitfalls
- Using Finnish or Swedish place names in Norwegian-side material.
- Translating official terms through Norwegian.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Se Fi also apply.
Learn more
- Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Sámi Giellagáldu (https://www.giellagaldu.org)