Kildin Sami is one of nine living Sami languages.
- It is part of the Eastern Sami subgroup.
- It is number 8 on the map listed above.
Kildin Sami is native to the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
According to a 2010 census, there are approximately 340 speakers of Kildin Sami.
- It is now considered to be a critically endangered language.
- It is spoken largely among older speakers. The language is rarely passed onto children.
Kildin Sami is officially written with Cyrillic script.
- The alphabet has been in use since the 1980s.
- Here is the Kildin Sami alphabet:
The word ‘tundra’ is derived from Kildin Sami, via Russian.
- It is derived from the word tūndâr which means “treeless plain”.
Here is an example of someone speaking Kildin Sami:
References:
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildin_Sami_orthography
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildin_Sami_language
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