Saami, Kildin
A language of Russian Federation (Europe)
| Population | 500 (2007). 1,900 Saami in the Russian Federation (1995 M. Krauss). Ethnic population: 1,000 (1995 M. Krauss). |
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European Russia |
| Alternate names | “Kildin Lappish” , “Lapp” , Saam, Saami |
| Classification | Uralic, Sami, Eastern |
| Language use | Used by few children. Also use Russian. |
| Language development | Local literacy effort. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | ‘Saami’ is their preferred name. |
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