Skolt Sami
Sámi language spoken in Finland, Russia, Norway
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Summary
Skolt Sami is a natural language[1]. It draws 744 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #251 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Finland[3], Russia[4], Norway[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6]
- Subclass of: Eastern Sami[7]
- Writing system: Latin alphabet[8], Latin script[9]
- Commons category: Skolt Sami language[10]
- Wikimedia language code: sms[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Skolt Sámi[12]
- Described at URL: https://uralic.clld.org/languages/17[13]
- Language regulatory body: Sámi Giellagáldu[14]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 420[15]
- Topic has template: Template:Sms icon[16], Q42743402[17]
- Native label: nuõʹrttsääʹmǩiõll[18], sääʹmǩiõll[19]
- Different from: Eastern Sami[20], Skolt Saami[21]
- UNESCO language status: 4 severely endangered[22]
- Indigenous to: Lapland[23], Murmansk Oblast[24]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SMS[25]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[26], genitive case[27], accusative case[28], locative case[29], illative case[30], comitative case[31], abessive case[32], essive case[33], partitive case[34]
- Ethnologue language status: 7 Shifting[35]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Skolt Sami-language films[36]
- Related category: Category:Skolt Sámi-language albums[37]
- Wikimedia Incubator URL: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/sms[38]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Skolt Sámi-language music[39]
Why It Matters
Skolt Sami has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]