Ter Saami
sām’e kīll
Ter Saami is a Uralic language spoken in Russia, by about 2 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Ter Sámi is the easternmost of the Sámi languages. It was traditionally spoken in the northeastern part of the Kola Peninsula, but now it is a moribund language; in 2004, only ten speakers were left. By 2011, the number of speakers had decreased to two. Other estimates counted about 30 Ter Sámi speakers in Murmansk Oblast, as well as in St. Petersburg, in 2007. The mean age of the youngest Ter Sámi speakers at that time was 50.
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Words in Ter Saami
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| father | jiečče | |
| blood | varr | |
| water | čacce | |
| fire | toll | |
| rain | abbˈre | |
| night | jɨjj | |
| dog | pienɨj | |
| cat | kïeššʼke | |
| fish | kɨllˈe | |
| I | munn | |
| new | ott |
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