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|Language=Kildin Saami | |Language=Kildin Saami | ||
| − | | | + | |Autoglottonym= (kīllt) sāmʼ kīll / (кӣллт) са̄мь кӣлл |
| + | |Pronunciation=[(kiːlːˠt) saːmʲ kːlːˠ] | ||
|WALSname=Saami (Kildin) | |WALSname=Saami (Kildin) | ||
|Ethn15name=Saami, Kildin | |Ethn15name=Saami, Kildin | ||
| − | | | + | |Alternativenames= |
| + | |Country= Russian Federation | ||
|WALSLoc= 37dE 67dN | |WALSLoc= 37dE 67dN | ||
|Family= [[Uralic]] | |Family= [[Uralic]] | ||
|Genus= [[Peninsula Eastern Saamic]] | |Genus= [[Peninsula Eastern Saamic]] | ||
|OfficialLg= not an official language | |OfficialLg= not an official language | ||
| − | |ISO1= | + | |Speakers=100–800 |
| + | |WritingSyst=[[Cyrillic]] | ||
| + | |ISO1= | ||
|ISO2B=smi | |ISO2B=smi | ||
|ISO2T= | |ISO2T= | ||
| − | | | + | |ISO3=sjd |
| − | | | + | |WALScode=sik |
}} | }} | ||
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'''Kildin Saami''' is a seriously endangered [[Eastern Saamic]] ([[Uralic]]) language spoken in the Russian Federation. | '''Kildin Saami''' is a seriously endangered [[Eastern Saamic]] ([[Uralic]]) language spoken in the Russian Federation. | ||
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The name ''Kildin'' is borrowed from Russian ''kilʼdin-'', the name for | The name ''Kildin'' is borrowed from Russian ''kilʼdin-'', the name for | ||
an island on the Barents Sea coast close to present-day Murmansk. The [[Russian]] name of the island goes back to the Kildin Saami toponym ''kīllt'', which originally referred only to one rather peripheral [[dialect]] of this language. | an island on the Barents Sea coast close to present-day Murmansk. The [[Russian]] name of the island goes back to the Kildin Saami toponym ''kīllt'', which originally referred only to one rather peripheral [[dialect]] of this language. | ||
Revision as of 16:42, 2 February 2013
| Kildin Saami | ||
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| Autoglottonym: | {{{Autonym}}} | |
| Pronunciation: | (kiːlːˠt) saːmʲ kːlːˠ | |
| Ethnologue name: | Saami, Kildin | |
| OLAC name: | {{{OLACname}}} | |
| WALS name: | Saami (Kildin) | |
| Location point: | 37dE 67dN | |
| Genealogy | ||
| Family: | Uralic | |
| Genus: | Peninsula Eastern Saamic | |
| Speakers | ||
| Country: | {{{Countries}}} | |
| Official in: | not an official language | |
| Speakers: | 100–800 | |
| Writing system: | Cyrillic | |
| Codes | ||
| ISO 639-2: | smi | |
| ISO 639-3: | sjd | |
| WALS: | sik | |
Kildin Saami is a seriously endangered Eastern Saamic (Uralic) language spoken in the Russian Federation.
Contents
Name
The name Kildin is borrowed from Russian kilʼdin-, the name for an island on the Barents Sea coast close to present-day Murmansk. The Russian name of the island goes back to the Kildin Saami toponym kīllt, which originally referred only to one rather peripheral dialect of this language.
Location
Kildin Saami is spoken on the Kola peninsula in northwesternmost Russia.
Speakers
The number of active fluent speakers is estimated at around 100 (2011);[1] the overall number of speakers goes perhaps up to 800.
Dialects
- Arsjogk
- Kīllt
- Koardegk
- Lejjavvʼr (†)
- Lujavvʼr
- Māziell`k (†)
Classification
Works on the language
- Blokland, Rogier and Michael Rießler. 2011. Saami-Russian-Komi contacts on the Kola Peninsula. Language contact in times of globalization, ed. by Cornelius Hasselblatt, Peter Houtzagers and Remco van Pareren. Amsterdam: Rodopi. 5–26.
- Kert, Georgij M. 1971. Saamskij jazyk. Leningrad: Nauka.
- Scheller, Elisabeth. 2011. The Sámi language situation in Russia. Ethnic and linguistic context of identity, ed. by Riho Grünthal and Magdolna Kovács. Helsinki: SUS. 79–96.
References
- ↑ Scheller 2011
Links and resources
- 'Kildin Saami' in the English Wikipedia
- 'Kildin Saami' in the Kildin Saami Wikimedia Incubator
- Kildin Saami resources in OLAC
- Kildin Saami grammar in Galoes
- 'Kildin Saami: a brief introduction' by Michael Rießler
See also
Bibliographical articles on researchers of Kildin Saami
Language articles on the other Kola Saami languages
Survey articles on Kildin Saami linguistics
Other languages
- German Kildinsaamisch
