Ter Sami

nearly extinct Uralic language
Language language Q36656
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Ter Sami

Summary

Ter Sami is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ter Sami is in the country of Russia[3].
  • Ter Sami's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Ter Sami's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Ter Sami is a type of Eastern Sami[6].
  • Ter Sami's writing system is recorded as Cyrillic script[7].
  • Ter Sami's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sjt[8].
  • Ter Sami's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ter Sami language[9].
  • Ter Sami's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+350'}[10].
  • Ter Sami's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[11].
  • Ter Sami's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[12].
  • Ter Sami's topic has template is recorded as Template:Sjt icon[13].
  • Ter Sami's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sjt', 'text': 'sām’e kīll'}[14].
  • Ter Sami's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sjt', 'text': 'са̄мя кӣлл'}[15].
  • Ter Sami's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[16].
  • Ter Sami's indigenous to is recorded as Murmansk Oblast[17].
  • Ter Sami's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SJT[18].
  • Ter Sami's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8b Nearly Extinct[19].

Why It Matters

Ter Sami ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . 2010 Russian census. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . barentsobserver.com. barentsobserver.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Yupik · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Unesco language status 5 critically endangered
    Topic has template Template:Sjt icon
    Subclass of Eastern Sami
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Ter Sami language"
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