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Akkala Sami
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extinct Sami language of the Kola Peninsula in Russia
Key facts
- Native to
- Russia
- Region
- Southwest Kola Peninsula
- Ethnicity
- 80 Akkala Sámi (2011)
- Extinct
- 29 December 2003, with the death of Mariya Sergina , 4 passive speakers (2018)
- Language family
- Uralic Sámi Eastern Mainland Akkala Sámi
- Writing system
- Cyrillic
- Iso 639 3
- sia
- Glottolog
- akka1237
- Elp
- Akkala Saami
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Akkala Sámi, also referred to, particularly in Russia, as Babin Sámi (Russian: Бабинский саа́мский), was a Sámi language spoken in the Sámi villages of Aʼkkel (Russian: Бабинский; Finnish: Akkala), Čuʼkksuâl (Russian: Экостровский) and Sââʼrvesjäuʼrr (Russian: Гирвасозеро; Finnish: Hirvasjärvi), in the inland parts of the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Formerly erroneously regarded as a dialect of Kildin Sámi, it has recently become recognized as an independent Sámi language that is most closely related to its western neighbor Skolt Sámi, although the two are somewhat mutually intelligible.
Akkala Sámi was noted as extinct in the 2010 UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. Previously, it had been considered the most endangered Eastern Sámi language. On December 29, 2003, Maria Sergina – the last fluent native speaker of Akkala Sámi – died. However, as of 2011 there were at least two people, both aged 70, with some knowledge of Akkala Sámi. Remaining ethnic Akkala Sámi live in the village Yona, where there is a cultural office.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akkala Sami” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.