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name: locale-smj-se
description: Use when working with the Lule Sami (Sweden) locale (`smj-SE`) — its endonym Julevsámegiella (Svierik), 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.
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# Locale: Lule Sami (Sweden) (smj-SE)

Reference data for the **Lule Sami (Sweden)** locale — endonym **Julevsámegiella (Svierik)**, written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

## Identifiers

- **BCP 47 tag:** `smj-SE`
- **ISO 639-1:** not assigned
- **ISO 639-3:** `smj`
- **Script:** Latn (Latin)
- **Region:** SE (Sweden)
- **Text direction:** ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

## Speakers (approximate)

- **L1 (native):** 1,500
- **L2 (additional):** 500
- **L1+L2 (total):** 2,000

## 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-smj-no]] to Lule Sámi in Sweden.

- **Context:** Lule Sámi is a recognized national minority language in Sweden, used in education and public services in the Sámi administrative area.
- **Formats:** Swedish krona (`kr`); decimal comma; quotation marks `”…”`.
- **Terminology:** use Lule Sámi terms from the Sámi Parliament and local institutions.

## Common pitfalls

- Using Norwegian-side conventions without checking.
- Dropping Sámi letters.
- The general pitfalls in [[locale-smj-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)