Uralic · ISO 639-3 sms
Skolt Sami Language sääʹmǩiõll
Skolt Sami is an Uralic language spoken by about 610 people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Skolt Sami is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Skolt Sami
Language family
- Uralic
- Saami
- Eastern Saami
- Mainland Eastern Saami
- Skolt Sami
Writing system
Latin script
About the Skolt Sami language
Skolt Sami (sääʹmǩiõll) is spoken by about 610 people, which makes it the 555th most spoken language in the world — just behind Gwichʼin (670). It belongs to the Uralic language family and, more precisely, to the Mainland Eastern Saami group within the Eastern Saami branch.
Where is Skolt Sami spoken?
Skolt Sami is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Finland (618).
Skolt Sami is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in Finland.
Writing system and status
Skolt Sami is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as nearly extinct, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 sms.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.