Locale Smj No
Use when working with the Lule Sami (Norway) locale (`smj-NO`) — its endonym Julevsámegiella (Vuodna), 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 Lule Sami (Norway) locale — endonym Julevsámegiella (Vuodna), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).
Identifiers
- BCP 47 tag:
smj-NO - ISO 639-1: not assigned
- ISO 639-3:
smj - Script: Latn (Latin)
- Region: NO (Norway)
- Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)
Speakers (approximate)
- L1 (native): 500
- L2 (additional): 300
- L1+L2 (total): 800
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
Lule Sámi (julevsámegiella) is a Sámi language of the Lule region in Sweden and Norway, written in Latin script with additional letters (á, ŋ and others). It has its own orthography and should not be translated from Northern Sámi. This guidance is lower-confidence; have a native reviewer check it.
Translate ideas, not words.
- Do not translate from Northern Sámi or the majority language word by word. Lule Sámi has its own vocabulary and grammar; use Lule Sámi terms for local nature and culture.
- Re-express idioms by meaning.
Grammar and register.
- Cases, consonant gradation, and a dual number as in other Sámi languages; no articles or grammatical gender; a negative verb.
- Singular, dual, and plural pronouns; no formal singular. Politeness is carried by tone.
Orthography and typography.
- Use á, ŋ, and the other Lule Sámi letters; never replace them with ASCII look-alikes.
- Country conventions: Norway uses
«…»and the Norwegian krone; Sweden uses”…”and the Swedish krona; decimal comma.
Common pitfalls
- Using Northern Sámi letters or spelling.
- Dropping diacritics.
- Translating through Norwegian or Swedish.
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 Parliaments of Norway and Sweden
- Divvun, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (https://divvun.no)