Orthographies
The Sami languages use Latin alphabets.
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Northern Sami: Áá Čč Đđ Ŋŋ Šš Ŧŧ Žž Inari Sami: Áá Ââ Ää Čč Đđ Šš Žž Skolt Sami: Ââ Čč Ʒʒ Ǯǯ Đđ Ǧǧ Ǥǥ Ǩǩ Ŋŋ Õõ Šš Žž Åå Ää (+soft sign ´) Lule Sami in Sweden: Áá Åå Ńń Ää Lule Sami in Norway: Áá Åå Ńń Ææ Southern Sami in Sweden: Ïï Ää Öö Åå Southern Sami in Norway: Ïï Ææ Øø Åå
Note that the letter Đ is a capital D with a bar across it (Unicode U+0110) also used in Serbo-Croatian etc., and is not the capital eth (Ð; U+00D0) found in Icelandic, Faroese or Old English, to which it is almost identical.
Note also that the different characters used on the different sides of the Swedish/Norwegian border merely are orthographic standards based on the Swedish and Norwegian alphabet, respectively, and don't denote different pronunciations.
Kildin Sami now uses an extended version of Cyrillic (in three slightly different variants): аА а̄А̄ ӓӒ бБ вВ гГ дД еЕ е̄Е̄ ёЁ ё̄Ё̄ жЖ зЗ һҺ/ʼ иИ ӣӢ йЙ јЈ/ҋҊ кК лЛ ӆӅ мМ ӎӍ нН ӊӉ ӈӇ оО о̄О̄ пП рР ҏҎ сС тТ уУ ӯӮ фФ хХ цЦ чЧ шШ (щЩ) ъЬ ыЫ ьЬ ҍҌ эЭ э̄Э̄ ӭӬ юЮ ю̄Ю̄ яЯ я̄Я̄
Skolt Sami uses ˊ (U+02CA) as a soft sign; due to technical restrictions, it is often replaced by ´ (U+00B4).
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