السامية السكولتية

Skolt Sámi (sääʹmǩiõll) is an Eastern Sámi language traditionally spoken across the Kola Peninsula and adjacent borderlands of Finland, Norway and Russia. After WWII most speakers were displaced from Petsamo (lost to USSR) to Sevettijärvi in Finnish Lapland; today only ~300 fluent L1 speakers remain. Critically endangered but with active revitalization through Saaʹmi Nueʹtt school, the Sevettijärvi-Näätämö nests and the SAAMINUETT app. Distinguishing features include consonant gradation, palatalization marked by ʹ, and the Skolt-specific letters Ǩ Ǥ Ǯ.