Skolt Saami
| Skolt Saami | ||
|---|---|---|
| Autoglottonym: | Sääˊmǩiõll, Nuõrttsääˊmǩiõll | |
| Pronunciation: | [] | |
| Ethnologue name: | Saami, Skolt | |
| OLAC name: | Skolt Sami | |
| Location point: | ||
| Genealogy | ||
| Family: | Uralic | |
| Genus: | Mainland Eastern Saamic | |
| Speakers | ||
| Country: | Finland, Norway, Russian Federation | |
| Official in: | Finland (Inari) | |
| Speakers: | 300 | |
| Writing system: | Latin (orthography) | |
| Codes | ||
| ISO 639-2: | sms | {{{ISO2T}}} |
| ISO 639-3: | sms | |
Skolt Saami is one of the five living Eastern Saamic languages.
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Name
The name skolt, and derived from it Finnish koltta, is likely borrowed from North-Germanic (Norwegian) skalle (cf. Old Norse skoltr, English skull) and means originally 'bald' (skallet in Norwegian).[1]
Location
Skolt Saami is spoken in the borderland area between Russia, Norway and Finland.
Speakers
There are estimated to be about 300 speakers,[2] with the vast majority of whom living in Finland. Only somewhat more than 20 Skolt Saami speakers live in Russia.[3] Although the traditional Skolt Saami dialect of Norway is extinct, the language is again spoken in its original areas there by a few Finnish Skolt Saami domiciled in Norway.[4]
Dialects
Skolt-Saami can be split up into the following dialects:[5].
Northern Skolt Saami
- Njauddâm
- Paaččjokk – Peäccam – Mue´tǩǩ
Southern Skolt Saami
- Suõ´nn’jel
- Njuõ´ttjäu´rr – Sââ´rvesjäu´rr
The names of the dialects coincide with the names of the original Skolt Saami villages (or rather settlement areas, in Skolt Saami called sijdd), but note that a few of them are merged into two common dialects.
Classification
Links
Major works on the language
- Tim Feist. 2010. A Grammar of Skolt Saami Ph.D. thesis, University of Manchester.
- Toivo Immanuel Itkonen. 2011 (1958). Wörterbuch des Kolta- und Kolalappischen 1–2. Helsiki: SUS ISBN 952-5150-26-7 ISBN 978-952-5667-31-8
- Matti Miestamo. 2011. Skolt Saami: a typological profile. Journal de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 93. 111–145. ISSN 1798-2987
References
- ↑ Steinar Wikan. 1995. Grensebygda Neiden. Stonglandseidet: Nordkallott-Forlaget ISBN 82-7380-176-4
- ↑ Ulla-Maija Kulonen. 2005. Skolt Saami language. The Saami. Helsinki: SKS. 396–397 ISBN 951-746-506-8
- ↑ Elisabeth Scheller. 2011. The Sámi language situation in Russia. Ethnic and linguistic context of identity. Helsinki: SUS. 79–96 ISBN 978-952-5667-28-8
- ↑ Michael Rießler, own observation
- ↑ Pekka Sammallahti. 1998. The Saami languages. Kárášjohka: Davvi Girji ISBN 82-7374-398-5
See also
Survey articles on Skolt Saami linguistic structures:
Language articles on the other Kola Saami languages
Other Languages
- German Skoltsaamisch
- Spanish Sami skolt
- Norwegian (Nynorsk) Skoltesamisk
