Locale Sma Se
Use when working with the Southern Sami (Sweden) locale (`sma-SE`) — its endonym Åarjelsaemien gïele (Sveerje), 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 Southern Sami (Sweden) locale — endonym Åarjelsaemien gïele (Sveerje), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
sma-SE - ISO 639-1: not assigned
- ISO 639-3:
sma - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: SE (Sweden)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 300
- L2 (additional): 200
- L1+L2 (total): 500
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 Sma No to Southern Sámi in Sweden.
- Context: Southern Sámi is one of the recognized national minority languages in Sweden, used in the Sámi administrative area and in education.
- Formats: Swedish krona (
kr); decimal comma; quotation marks”…”; dates with Swedish-style order. - Spelling: use the Swedish-side conventions for letters such as å where the project requires, and confirm with a native reviewer.
Common pitfalls
- Using Norwegian-side spelling conventions for a Swedish audience without checking.
- Dropping Sámi letters.
- The general pitfalls in Locale Sma No 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 Parliament of Sweden (Sametinget)