Sami languages are the topic of study by some linguists.
 Smi is an official language alongside Norwegian in the "administrative area for Smi language", that includes eight municipalities in the northern half of Norway, namely Kautokeino, Karasjok, Givuotna  Kfjord  Kaivuono, Nesseby, Porsanger, Tana, Tysfjord, Lavangen and Snsa
 These Sami languages, however, became extinct later, under the wave of the Finno-Karelian agricultural expansion

