Michael Everson quoted Klaas Ruppel:
"The main issue is that even if there are 10 different Sami language
they have only one name for it..."
If all speakers present themselves as speaking "Sami" is there really
only one language? After all, I would say that I speak English. If
pressed to be more specific, I could say that I speak American English.
That doesn't mean that I speak a different language than the residents
of Australia or Great Britain. There are minor spelling differences and
some differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronounciation.
Milicent Wewerka,
Library of Congress
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