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ALSO KNOWN AS		Koltta, Eastern Saami, Kola Saami, Koltansaame, колтта-саамский язык, sääʹmǩiõll, nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll, Skoltesamisk, Skoltesamiska
CLASSIFICATION		Uralic, Saami
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sms
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Notozero
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

In Finland, very few children learn the language, and in the Russian Federation, there are only elderly speakers.

More on Orthography

Skolt Saami has been used as a literary language since the 1970s.

PLACES: Northern Europe: Lapland and Kola peninsula

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in Sevettijärvi region in Inari County in Lapland Province in Finland

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
320
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
300-500 in Finland, <20 in Russian Federation

PLACES: Finland, Russia

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"...with the exception of only a few speakers Skolt Saami is spoken in a relatively compact area by approximately 300 Saami in Finland now."

Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Finland, Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Murmansk oblast, mainland near Kola Peninsula

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
420
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"400 in Finland (2001 census) ... Ethnic population: 500 in Finland (1995 M. Krauss)."

PLACES: Finland; Russia; Norway;

			2006	"Kola Sámi" DoBES Project						http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/sami	Jurij Kusmenko and Michael Rießler and Elisabeth Scheller	Kusmenko, Jurij, Michael Rießler and Elisabeth Scheller. 2006. ""Kola Sámi" DoBES Project." Online: http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/sami.			100-999	300-500 in Finland, <20 in Russian Federation	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Finland, Russia
			2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	~300	100-999		Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	In Finland, very few children learn the language, and in the Russian Federation, there are only elderly speakers.	15	Northern Europe: Lapland and Kola peninsula	Spoken in Sevettijärvi region in Inari County in Lapland Province in Finland	69.505596, 28.592182
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	420	100-999	"400 in Finland (2001 census) ... Ethnic population: 500 in Finland (1995 M. Krauss)."	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Finland; Russia; Norway;
973-3-932406-26-3	Berliner Beiträge zur Skandinavistik		2007	Documenting the endangered Kola Saami languages	Språk og språkforhold i Sápmi	39–82	Tove Bull and Jurij Kusmenko and Michael Rießler	Nordeuropa-Institut der Humbolt-Universität		https://www.academia.edu/5817518/Documenting_the_endangered_Kola_Saami_languages	Michael Riessler and Joshua Wilbur			~300	100-999	"...with the exception of only a few speakers Skolt Saami is spoken in a relatively compact area by approximately 300 Saami in Finland now."	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Finland, Russia	Murmansk oblast, mainland near Kola Peninsula
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	300	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						69.5333,28.6269
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		320	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Skolt Saami

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

320

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100-999

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

420

Discussion

Skolt Saami

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

320

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100-999

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

420

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