They became nomadic a few centuries ago.The three Sami languages, mutually unintelligible, are sometimes considered dialects of one language of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic family.

• 拉普人在数世纪前才成为游牧民族，所使用的三种无法互通的萨米语有时被认为是乌拉语系的芬兰-乌戈尔诸语言其中的一种方言。