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Kildin Saami

кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл

Kildin Saami is a Uralic language spoken in Russia, by about 500 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.

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Kildin Saami · 68.2°N 35.8°E

Kildin Sámi, also spelt as Kildin Saami is a Sámi language spoken on the Kola Peninsula of northwestern Russia by the Kildin Sámi, who have historically inhabited the peninsula.

The Sámi languages closest to Kildin are Ter Sámi and Akkala Sámi, in Soviet tradition sometimes considered to be dialects of Kildin Sámi. From a strictly geographical point of view, only Kildin and Ter, spoken on the Peninsula, could be regarded as Kola Sámi. It is the largest of the Eastern Sámi languages by number of speakers. However, unlike its close relatives Skolt Sámi and Inari Sámi, Kildin Sámi is only used actively by very few people.

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Words in Kildin Saami

MeaningWordRomanization
motherе̄ннҍjienn’
fatherаджьadž’
childпа̄рнэнчpārnenč
eyeчалльмčall’m
earпе̄лльйpiell’j
noseнюннҍnjunn’
tongueню̄ххчемьnjūxxčem’
heartкӯттҍкkūtt’k
boneта̄ххьтtāxx’t
breastниннчninnč
liverвӯйвасvūjvas
waterча̄дзьčādz’
fireто̄ллtōll
rainаббьрabb’r
snowвэ̄дзvēdz
windпӣӈӈкpīŋŋk
nightыййyjj
dogпе̄ннэpienne
catкоа̄ссkååss
fishкӯлльkūll’
horseе̄бешьjieb’eš’
cowлӣхемьlīx’em’
pigшагкьšagk’
snakeкӯввьтkūvv’t
Iмуннmunn
drinkюгкэjugke
sleepвуэдтӭvuedt’e
breadле̄ййпl’eejjp
milkма̄ййтmājjt
thank youпассьпеpass’p’e

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