Lappish (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the languages spoken by the Lapps and generally assumed to be Uralic languages.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The professor spent years studying the Lappish dialects spoken by the indigenous people of northern Scandinavia.
- She learned to speak Lappish fluently during her time living among the Sami communities in Lapland.
- Lappish languages are still spoken by thousands of people in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
- The unique grammatical structure of Lappish has fascinated linguists for centuries.
- In an effort to preserve the language, the government established Lappish language classes in local schools.