Also Known As:
Kildin Sámi, Eastern Saami, Kola Saami, кильдинский саамский язык, Кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл, Kiillt saam' kiill, kiltinänsaame, Gielddasámegiella, Kildin Sami, "Kildin Lappish", "Lapp"
Dialects & Varieties
Reclaiming Sámi languages: indigenous language emancipation from East to West
Rasmussen, Torkel and Shaun Nolan, John. "Reclaiming Sámi languages: indigenous language emancipation from East to West". Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2020. https://www.degruyter.com/database/LME/entry/lme.12421415/html. Accessed 2021-11-02.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500-600
Native Speakers Worldwide
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Location and Context
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Location Description
Russia, Murmansk County
Government Support
Russian Federation's 1991 law on language states that "Russian citizens have the right to obtain education in their own languages if it is possible to organize it"
Institutional Support
Textbooks, radio broadcasts in Lovozero
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Recent Resources
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Lappish
The collection of links containing texts written in Kildin Sami.
The national anthem of Sapmi in Kildin Sami.
"The Sámi associations in the Murmansk area and the Kola Sámi Documentation Project have produced teaching materials, grammars, an online Kildin Sámi–Russian dictionary, arranged several language courses, conversation circles and immersion education for young people. This immersion education took the form of intensive two week camps during the summer of 2007 and 2008, where the participants were trained by elderly mother tongue speakers who spoke only Sámi to them (Rießler and Scheller 2007; Scheller 2008).”