Orthography
Inari Sámi is written using the Latin script. The alphabet currently used for Inari Sami was made official in 1996 and stands as follows:
| А а | (Â â) | B b | C c | Č č | D d | Đ đ | E e | |
| F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | L l | M m | |
| N n | Ŋ ŋ | O o | P p | R r | S s | Š š | T t | |
| U u | V v | Y y | Z z | Ž ž | Ä ä | (Á á) |
The phonetic values are the same as in Karelian, and đ represents the voiced dental fricative (in English "the"). Q/q, W/w, X/x, Å/å, Ö/ö are also used in words of foreign origin. Á is traditionally pronounced in the middle of /a/ and /ä/, but in modern Inari Sámi the difference between á and ä is nonexistent. In text, Á and ä are nevertheless considered as separate characters. Ä is used only, if 1) it is in a first syllable of a word, and there is an "e" or "i" in a second syllable of the same word, 2) it is in a word, which does have only one syllable (although á is also used), or 3) it is a part of diphthong "iä". Ä however is not used, if it is supposed to be a part of diphthong "uá" (uá and uä are pronounced almost the same, but only uá is correct).
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