sliddersladder asked: Quick question about South Saami, if you don't mind? Is daaroestidh used to refer to speaking ANY language outside of South Saami, or does it refer to anything outside of the Saami family?
Not at all! Questions about Åarjelsaemiengïele are always welcome.
Daaroestidh is traditionally used to refer to the act of speaking Swedish and Norwegian, i.e. settler languages, whereas saemiestidh is used when you’re talking about the act of speaking a Saami language.
Over time, daaroe, from which the verb daaroestidh is made, has gone from merely denoting non-Saami Swedes and Norwegians to include all non-Saami people.
Also, interestingly, some apparently use daaroestidh as a verb meaning ‘to speak Saami with loads of Scandinavian words’.
