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Name:
Saami, Skolt
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Kola; Lappish; Eastern; Skolt Lappish; lpSkolt; Skolt; Skolt dialect; Koltta; Lappisch; ostlappischer Dialekt; Russisch-Lappisch; Skolt-Lappisch; lapon; sabme; same-; lopary; Lopar; Saam; Russian Lapp; Kolta; Saame; Same; Eastern Saami; Lappic; east dialect; "Lapp"; Skolt Lapp; sāme-giellâ; lappisk; lapin kieli; saamen kieli; saamskij jazyk; Ostlappisch; russisch-lappische Gruppe; Skoltlappisch
Spoken in:
Finland, Russia, Norway
Number of speakers:
400 in Finland (2001 census). Population total all countries: 420. Ethnic population: 500 in Finland (1995 M. Krauss)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
300
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
320
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
sms
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)
Child Dialects:
Yokan (sms-yok)
Notozer; Skolt Lappish; Russian Lapp; "Lapp"; Saame; Same; Lopar; Kolta; Koltta; Saam; Skolt (sms-not)
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

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