Akkala Sami language
E603180
Akkala Sami is an extinct Uralic Sami language once spoken in the Kola Peninsula of Russia, known for being one of the most endangered and least documented Sami languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akkala Sami language canonical | 1 |
| Akkala Sámi language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6570111 — 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: Akkala Sami language Context triple: [Skolt Sami language, closelyRelatedTo, Akkala Sami language]
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A.
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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B.
Inari Sami language
The Inari Sami language is an endangered Uralic language spoken by the Inari Sámi people in northern Finland.
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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.
Western Sámi language
Western Sámi language is a branch of the Uralic Sámi languages spoken in parts of northern Scandinavia, including varieties such as North, Lule, and Pite Sámi.
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E.
Southern Sami language
Southern Sami is an endangered Uralic (Sami) language spoken by the Southern Sami people in parts of Norway and Sweden.
- 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: Akkala Sami language Target entity description: Akkala Sami is an extinct Uralic Sami language once spoken in the Kola Peninsula of Russia, known for being one of the most endangered and least documented Sami languages.
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A.
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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B.
Inari Sami language
The Inari Sami language is an endangered Uralic language spoken by the Inari Sámi people in northern Finland.
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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.
Western Sámi language
Western Sámi language is a branch of the Uralic Sámi languages spoken in parts of northern Scandinavia, including varieties such as North, Lule, and Pite Sámi.
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E.
Southern Sami language
Southern Sami is an endangered Uralic (Sami) language spoken by the Southern Sami people in parts of Norway and Sweden.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sami language
ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Akkala
ⓘ
linked to:
Akkala region
Akkala Lappish ⓘ Akkala Saami ⓘ
linked to:
Akkala Sami
Babinsk Sami ⓘ
linked to:
Babinsky Sámi
Babinsky Sami ⓘ North Kola Sami ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kildin Sami language
ⓘ
linked to:
Kildin Sámi
Skolt Sami language ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
one of the least documented Sami languages
ⓘ
poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangermentReason |
assimilation policies in Russia
ⓘ
language shift to Russian ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | critically endangered (historical) ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Akkala Sami ⓘ |
| extinctionDate | early 2000s ⓘ |
| family |
Uralic
ⓘ
linked to:
Uralic languages
|
| glottocode | akka1241 ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | sääʹmkiõll (Akkala Sami endonym, approximate) ⓘ |
| hasVowelHarmony | no ⓘ |
| historicalCommunity |
Akkala area of Kola Peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
northeastern Kola Peninsula
Babinsky (Babinsky pogost) ⓘ
linked to:
Babinsky Sami
|
| ISO639-3 | sia ⓘ |
| languageFamilyBranch | Sami branch of Uralic ⓘ |
| lastKnownNativeSpeaker | Maria Sergina ⓘ |
| lastKnownNativeSpeakerDied | 2003 ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Kildin Sami
ⓘ
linked to:
Kildin Sámi
Russian ⓘ |
| linguisticBranch | Eastern Sami ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
consonant gradation
ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ |
| numberOfCases | multiple grammatical cases ⓘ |
| partOf |
Sami languages of Russia
ⓘ
linked to:
Sami languages
|
| phonologicalFeature | palatalization contrasts ⓘ |
| region | Kola Peninsula ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Uralic linguistics
ⓘ
language death studies ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Eastern Sami language
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Sámi languages
|
| subfamily | Sami ⓘ |
| syntacticFeature | SOV and SVO word order ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
suffixing morphology ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Cyrillic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
linked to:
Latin alphabet
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Akkala Sami language Description of subject: Akkala Sami is an extinct Uralic Sami language once spoken in the Kola Peninsula of Russia, known for being one of the most endangered and least documented Sami languages.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Akkala Sami language