, ▁A ik io ▁ 2 0 0 6 ). ▁ ▁Writ ten ▁languages ▁and ▁soci ol ingu istic ▁situation ▁▁ ▁At ▁present ▁there ▁are ▁nine ▁living ▁Sam i ▁languages . ▁The ▁largest ▁six ▁of ▁the ▁languages ▁have ▁independent ▁literary ▁languages ; ▁the ▁three ▁others ▁have ▁no ▁written ▁standard , ▁and ▁of ▁them , ▁there ▁are ▁only ▁a ▁few , ▁mainly ▁elder ly , ▁speak ers ▁left . ▁The ▁ISO ▁ 6 3 9 - 2 ▁code ▁for ▁all ▁Sam i ▁languages ▁without ▁their ▁own ▁code ▁is ▁" s mi ". ▁The ▁seven ▁written ▁languages ▁are : ▁▁ ▁Northern ▁Sam i ▁( N or way , ▁Sweden , ▁Finland ): ▁With ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁speak ers , ▁this ▁accounts ▁for ▁probably ▁more ▁than ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁all ▁Sam i ▁speak ers ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ISO ▁ 6 3 9 - 1 / ISO ▁ 6 3 9 - 2 : ▁ ▁se / s me ▁ ▁L ule ▁Sam i ▁( N or way , ▁Sweden ): ▁The ▁second ▁largest ▁group ▁with ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁speak ers . ▁ISO ▁ 6 3 9 - 2 : ▁ ▁sm j ▁ ▁U me ▁Sam i ▁( N or way , ▁Sweden ): ▁ISO ▁ 6 3 9 - 2 : ▁sm u ▁ ▁Southern ▁Sam i ▁( N or way , ▁Sweden ): ▁ 5 0 0 ▁speak ers ▁( est im ated ). ▁ISO ▁ 6