Uralic > Sami > Eastern Sami > Ter Sámi
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Ter Sámi is a critically endangered Eastern Sami language traditionally spoken by the Ter Sámi people in the northeastern Kola Peninsula of Russia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uralic > Sami > Eastern Sami > Ter Sámi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3031155 — 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: Uralic > Sami > Eastern Sami > Ter Sámi Context triple: [Ter Sámi, classification, Uralic > Sami > Eastern Sami > Ter Sámi]
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A.
Southern Sami language
Southern Sami is an endangered Uralic (Sami) language spoken by the Southern Sami people in parts of Norway and Sweden.
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B.
Sami languages
Sami languages are a group of Uralic Indigenous languages spoken by the Sámi people across northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
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C.
Skolt Sami 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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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Uralic > Sami > Eastern Sami > Ter Sámi Target entity description: Ter Sámi is a critically endangered Eastern Sami language traditionally spoken by the Ter Sámi people in the northeastern Kola Peninsula of Russia.
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A.
Southern Sami language
Southern Sami is an endangered Uralic (Sami) language spoken by the Southern Sami people in parts of Norway and Sweden.
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B.
Sami languages
Sami languages are a group of Uralic Indigenous languages spoken by the Sámi people across northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.
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C.
Skolt Sami 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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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Sami language
ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ critically endangered language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Northern Europe ⓘ |
| branch | Eastern Sami ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kildin Sámi
ⓘ
surface form:
Kildin Sami
Skolt Sami language ⓘ
surface form:
Skolt Sami
|
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
assimilation policies in the Soviet Union
ⓘ
language shift to Russian ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Ter Sámi ⓘ |
| family |
Uralic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Uralic language family
|
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Samic
ⓘ
Proto-Uralic language ⓘ
surface form:
Proto-Uralic
|
| hasCaseSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith | other Eastern Sami varieties ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentStatusSource | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ |
| hasMinorityStatusIn | Russia ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant gradation
ⓘ
palatalization contrast ⓘ vowel length distinction ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | severely interrupted intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | sjt ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Sami ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uralic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Uralic
|
| languageShiftTo | Russian ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Kola Peninsula ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kola Peninsula
ⓘ
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ |
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Sami languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sami language
|
| subfamily | Sami branch ⓘ |
| traditionalSpeakers |
Sámi of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Ter Sámi people
|
| UNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy | small number of elderly speakers ⓘ |
| usedInTraditionalCulture |
fishing terminology
ⓘ
hunting terminology ⓘ reindeer herding terminology ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Cyrillic script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uralic > Sami > Eastern Sami > Ter Sámi Description of subject: Ter Sámi is a critically endangered Eastern Sami language traditionally spoken by the Ter Sámi people in the northeastern Kola Peninsula of Russia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.