THE SAMI LANGUAGES IS NOT ONE LANGUAGE
Read about it on WIKIPEDIA but in short its a language family spoken by about 34000 Sami, less then half of all Sami
No one knows how many Sami exist but it is commonly accepted that there are about:
20 000-40 000 in Sweden
50 000-65 000 in Norway
About 8 000 in Finland
About 2 000 in Russia
TV/RADIO
MUSIC
Sami anthem in many sami languages HERE
Sami grand prix is a yearly music competition where bands/artists can play if they sing in one of the Sami languages
Sami grand prix is a yearly music competition where bands/artists can play if they sing in one of the Sami languages
For more go to Youtube and search "sami grand prix" but as you might have noticed Sami music also includes modern music like hip hop, rock and yes even metal as can be seen in the video below
METAL BANDS THAT SING IN SAMI from AKUMIE S on Vimeo.
Other festivals include Riddu Riđđu
Click on image below