The confirmation of similar of North Sami and Finnish was shown before by the consonants of these two languages and the Proto-Indo-European language formed some moments of Proto-Finnish. This is a fact that need be proved by the example of Proto-Sami because if it gives the same or less positive of similarity, the previous comparison (PF vs PIE) will be true.
Nouns, adjectives and pronouns and numberals are shown below,
| Proto-Sami | Proto-Indo-European |
| 2 numbers | 8 or 9 cases |
| 10 cases | 3 grammatical genders (and ending types) |
| Possessive suffixes | prefix-root-suffix structure |
| Several moods | thematic and athematic nouns |
| Finite and non-finite forms | verbal nouns |
| adjectives similar grammatically to nouns |
The reconstructed Proto-Samic language had the same traits as Proto-Finnish, so the conclusion is formed on the base of it, the Indo-Europeans made a little influence onto the Sami languages. It proves the model of the colonization post-Ice Aged Scandinavia and proves the direction of it. The Finnish language formed Sami’s languages and proneness of it was shown before.
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This article was written by Ilya Duchanin.
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