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  Koltta, Eastern Saami, Kola Saami, Koltansaame, колтта-саамский язык, sääʹmǩiõll, nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll, Skoltesamisk, Skoltesamiska
Dialects & Varieties
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  - Notozero
Recent Resources
          The collection of links containing texts written in Skolt Sami.
      
  
  
          UralicNLP is a natural language processing (NLP) library written in Python that is targeted mainly f
      
  
  
          The national anthem of Sapmi in Skolt Sami.
      
  
  
    
              Critically Endangered
      
  
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
  
      
  
                    
    
  
  
                    
            
  
                    
  
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                    A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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                    There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality: 
   
    
              Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages,  edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
      
  
Bibliography of Locations: 
   
    
              Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages,  edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
      
  
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              Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages,  edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.