Skolt Sami language

E155410

Saami language Uralic language endangered language

Skolt Sami is an endangered Uralic language spoken by the Skolt Sámi people in parts of Finland, Norway, and Russia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Skolt Sámi	28
Skolt Sami	12
Skolt Sami language canonical	8
Skolt Sámi language	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1301296 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Skolt Sami language
Context triple: [Uralic languages, hasMember, Skolt Sami language]

A. Southern Sami language
Southern Sami is an endangered Uralic (Sami) language spoken by the Southern Sami people in parts of Norway and Sweden.
B. Lule Sami language
Lule Sami language is a Uralic, Sami language spoken primarily in parts of northern Norway and Sweden by the Lule Sámi people.
C. Pite Sámi
Pite Sámi is an endangered Uralic language traditionally spoken by the Sámi people in the Arjeplog area of northern Sweden.
D. Northern Sami language
Northern Sami is the most widely spoken Sami language of the indigenous Sami people in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
E. Kildin Sámi
Kildin Sámi is a Uralic language spoken by the Sámi people primarily on Russia’s Kola Peninsula.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Skolt Sami language
Target entity description: Skolt Sami is an endangered Uralic language spoken by the Skolt Sámi people in parts of Finland, Norway, and Russia.

A. Southern Sami language
Southern Sami is an endangered Uralic (Sami) language spoken by the Southern Sami people in parts of Norway and Sweden.
B. Lule Sami language
Lule Sami language is a Uralic, Sami language spoken primarily in parts of northern Norway and Sweden by the Lule Sámi people.
C. Pite Sámi
Pite Sámi is an endangered Uralic language traditionally spoken by the Sámi people in the Arjeplog area of northern Sweden.
D. Northern Sami language
Northern Sami is the most widely spoken Sami language of the indigenous Sami people in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
E. Kildin Sámi
Kildin Sámi is a Uralic language spoken by the Sámi people primarily on Russia’s Kola Peninsula.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Saami language ⓘ Uralic language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
branch	Saami ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Akkala Sami language ⓘ Kildin Sami language ⓘ linked to: Kildin Sámi
countryWithOfficialRecognition	Finland ⓘ
endangermentStatus	severely endangered ⓘ
ethnicity	Skolt Sami ⓘ linked to: Skolt Sami language
family	Uralic language family ⓘ linked to: Uralic languages
glottocode	skol1241 ⓘ
hasDialects	local varieties in Finnish Lapland ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	grammatical mood ⓘ grammatical number ⓘ rich case system ⓘ verb conjugation ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant gradation ⓘ palatalized consonants ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasStandardization	modern orthography developed in 20th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Finnish language ⓘ Norwegian language ⓘ Russian language ⓘ
ISO639-3	sms ⓘ
languageCode	sms ⓘ
region	Sápmi ⓘ
relatedTo	Inari Sami language ⓘ Northern Sami language ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts	bilingual education ⓘ community language courses ⓘ language nests ⓘ
spokenBy	Skolt Sami people ⓘ linked to: Sámi
spokenIn	Finland ⓘ Lapland ⓘ Norway ⓘ Petsamo region ⓘ Russia ⓘ
statusInFinland	recognized minority language ⓘ
subbranch	Eastern Saami ⓘ linked to: Eastern Sámi languages
subfamily	Uralic ⓘ linked to: Uralic languages
usedIn	Skolt Sami cultural practices ⓘ Skolt Sami education programs ⓘ Skolt Sami oral literature ⓘ traditional Skolt Sami religion ⓘ
usesOrthographicFeature	diacritics ⓘ special letters for palatalization ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ linked to: Latin alphabet Skolt Sami alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited