Southern Saami is divided into two main dialects: Southern Saami sensu stricto and Ume Saami. The latter is spoken in the Ume River Valley and has some characteristics in common with Lule and Northern Saami. Southern Sami is a seriously endangered language. The last strongholds of this language are the municipalities of Snåsa and Hattfjelldal in Norway where there still are a few hundred speakers.

Roman alphabet: A/a, B/b, D/d, E/e, F/f, G/g, H/h, I/i, (Ï/ï), J/j, K/k, L/l, M/m, N/n, O/o, P/p, R/r, S/s, T/t, U/u, V/v, Y/y, Æ/æ, Ø/ø, Å/å

Ä/ä is a variant of Æ/æ, Ö/ö is a variant of Ø/ø

C/c, Q/q, W/w, X/x, Z/z are also used in words of foreign origin.