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Originally Posted by pluiepoco
Thank you Jonne,
but I got more mixed, I was told by a Finnish official cultural websites that, in Finland, there are two majority languages, Swedish and Finnish, what we call Finnish here is to distinguish with Swedish, and the Finnish language is actually suomi spoken by Fin people, while a minority language Lappish is spoken by sami people, which is also called sami language.
And from the words suomi and sami, they look same in name, and in fact, the two languages are also almost same? Because they both belong to the Finno-Ugrian Language.
Aren't they?
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Finnish and Swedish are the two official/national languages here. Then we have minority languages, like Sami and Russian. Not every lapp know Sámi. I think it's only spoken by 10 000 people here. The language names are releated, and both belong to the finno-ugric language group, but aren't identical at all. If I didn't know Sami, I could not understand a word of it, except for the loan words.
I'll give you an example:
Sámi: Buot olbmot leat riegádan friddjan ja olmmošárvvu ja olmmošvuoigatvuođaid dáfus dássásažžab, Sudhuude kea addib huervnu ha ianedivdym ha vyigjat gakget neabbydut gyunnuudeaset gyivdy vuekhakaš vuoiŋŋain.
Finnish (standard): Kaikki ihmiset syntyvät vapaina ja tasavertaisina arvoltaan ja oikeuksiltaan. Heille on annettu järki ja omatunto, ja heidän on toimittava toisiaan kohtaan veljeyden hengessä.
Then there are also many sami dialects/languages. I think the difference between them is nearly as big as between some Chinese languages.