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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)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Vulnerable

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