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Sami vs Finnish - What's the difference?

sami | finnish |

As adjectives the difference between sami and finnish

is that sami is while finnish is of or pertaining to finland.

As a noun sami

is .

As a proper noun finnish is

the finno-ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is swedish).

sami

English

(wikipedia Sami)

Etymology 1

From , from one of the Sami languages.

Alternative forms

* Saami

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
    • Synonyms
    * Lapp, Laplander

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • The Saami people, collectively.
  • (lb) Any of the languages of the Sami.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.
    • Derived terms
    * Akkala Sami * Inari Sami * Kemi Sami * Kildin Sami * Lule Sami * North Sami * Pite Sami * Skolt Sami * South Sami * Ter Sami * Ume Sami

    See also

    * Laplander * Lapp * Lappish

    External links

    * * * * * * * * * * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Etymology 3

    From (m).

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    finnish

    English

    (wikipedia Finnish)

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation):

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to Finland.
  • Of or pertaining to the Finnish language.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Finno-Ugric language spoken by the majority of the people living in Finland, one of the two official languages of the country (the other is Swedish).

    • See also

    * Finn: a person from Finland. * (projectlink) * Torne Valley Finnish: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Sweden * Kven: a variety of Finnish spoken in Northern Norway * Karelian * (fi)

    External links

    * Finnish–English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster’s Dictionary — the Rosetta Edition. * English terms with homophones