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- Skolt Sami
ISO 639-3 · smssms
Uralic family
Skolt Sami
nuõʹrttsääʹmǩiõll
Skolt Sami is a language of the Eastern Sami branch (Uralic), spoken in Finland, Russia and Norway. Wikidata counts about 420 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Sámi language spoken in Finland, Russia, Norway”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sms- Glottocode
skol1241- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 48 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Skolt Sami · nuõʹrttsääʹmǩiõll |
|---|---|
| Also called | Skolt Sami language, Skolt Saami, Skolt Sámi |
| All speakers | 420 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical cases | 9 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Skolt Sami
The branches above Skolt Sami, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in Finland
romRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredsweSwedishEast Scandinavian · 12.4 m1 · NationalfinFinnishUralic · 5.4 m1 · NationalfitMeänkieliUralic · 70,0008a · MoribundrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopingkrlKarelianUralic · 35,6006b · ThreatenedsmeNorthern SamiUralic · 25,7002 · ProvincialfseFinnish Sign Languageunclassified · 15,0005 · DevelopingrmfFinnish KaloIndo-European · 10,0005 · DevelopingludLudicUralic · 3,0007 · Shifting