Sami languages are distinct from but related to Lappish languages.
== Etymologies ===== Smi ===Speakers of Northern Smi refer to themselves as Smit (the Smis) or Spmela (of Smi kin), the word Spmi being inflected into various grammatical forms
 The Smi languages are relatively closely related, but not mutually intelligible; for instance, speakers of Southern Smi cannot understand Northern Smi

