Ter Sámi

E82896

Samic language Uralic language critically endangered language

Ter Sámi is a critically endangered Uralic language traditionally spoken by the Ter Sámi people in the northeastern part of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Ter Sami	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Samic language ⓘ Uralic language ⓘ critically endangered language ⓘ
branchOf	Eastern Sámi languages ⓘ surface form: Eastern Sami languages
classification	Uralic > Sami > Eastern Sami > Ter Sámi ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kildin Sámi ⓘ surface form: Kildin Sami Skolt Sami language ⓘ surface form: Skolt Sami
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
documentationStatus	poorly documented ⓘ
educationUse	not used as medium of instruction ⓘ
endangermentStatus	UNESCO critically endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Sami people ⓘ surface form: Ter Sámi people
hasCaseSystem	yes ⓘ
hasConsonantGradation	yes ⓘ
hasDialect	Voronya variety ⓘ Yokanga variety ⓘ
hasPalatalizationContrast	yes ⓘ
hasPhonemicLength	yes ⓘ
hasVowelHarmony	no ⓘ
historicalContactLanguage	Northern Russian dialects ⓘ Pomor Russian ⓘ Russian language ⓘ surface form: Russian
historicalUse	Tersky Coast of the White Sea ⓘ
intergenerationalTransmission	broken ⓘ
iso639-3Code	sjt ⓘ
languageFamily	Uralic languages ⓘ
languageShiftTo	Kildin Sámi ⓘ surface form: Kildin Sami Russian ⓘ
lexicalBorrowingFrom	Northern Sami language ⓘ surface form: Northern Sami Russian ⓘ
morphologyType	agglutinative language ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers	fewer than 10 speakers ⓘ severely declining ⓘ
officialStatus	no official status ⓘ
region	Murmansk Oblast ⓘ
revitalizationEfforts	very limited ⓘ
spokenIn	Kola Peninsula ⓘ Russia ⓘ
status	critically endangered ⓘ
subfamily	Sami languages ⓘ
traditionalRegion	northeastern Kola Peninsula ⓘ
usedByMinority	Sami people ⓘ surface form: Ter Sámi people
wordOrder	SOV-dominant ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kildin Sámi → closelyRelatedTo → Ter Sámi ⓘ

Ter Sami → hasDialect → Ter Sámi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Ter Sami

Sámi → hasLanguage → Ter Sámi ⓘ