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Name:
Saami, Kildin
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Saami; Lapp; Lappish; Eastern; Saami (Kildin); Lappisch; ostlappischer Dialekt; Russisch-Lappisch; Kildin-Lappisch; lapon; sabme; same-; lopary; Saam; Eastern Saami; Lappic; east dialect; "Kildin Lappish"; "Lapp"; sāme-giellâ; lappisk; lapin kieli; saamen kieli; saamskij jazyk; Ostlappisch
Spoken in:
Russia
Number of speakers:
500 (2007). 1,900 Saami in the Russian Federation (1995 M. Krauss). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1995 M. Krauss)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
787
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
800
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
sjd
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Uralic (Proto-Uralic, Langue Ouraliennes, Finno-Ugrian and Samoyed)
Parent Subgroup:
Eastern Sami; East Lapp; Eastern dialect area; Eastern Samic; Eastern (elap)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable
Map of Saami, Kildin
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