Katarina Barruk wants you to take everything you know about language, and put it aside for a moment. As an artist from the Lusspie region in northern Sweden who sings in a dialect spoken by fewer than 30 people, she’s asking listeners to feel first. Her music is written in Umé Sámi, which can currently be found on the UNESCO's red list of critically endangered languages, and weaves a traditional vocal style called joiking (think: yoik, as it would rhyme with boyk) into the compositions. The twist? These emotional expressions can’t necessarily be translated. A view of the Lusspie region in northern Sweden, where singer Katarina Barruk is from and the endangered Umé Sámi language is still spoken. Lusspie, also known as the Storuman, is a municipality roughly the size of Delaware, and all of its members carry something special. “The joik is what we call a traditional knowledge carrier—it's one of our foundations,” she explains over a Zoom call this winter.…