Saami, Akkala

SIA

Alternate Names: Ahkkil, Babino, Babinsk

Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Skolt Saami ,.

Genealogy:

Uralic
Sami
Eastern

Demographics: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker died in 2003. Ethnic population: 100 (1995 M. Krauss). 1,770 including all Saami (2010 census).

Language Use: Some descendants of Akkala Saami speak Kildin Saami [sjd] but most have shifted to Russian [rus] (Salminen 2007).

Nation of Origin: Russian Federation