Kildin Sami language

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Kildin Sami (also spelled Sámi or Saami; formerly Lappish) is a Sami language spoken by approximately 500 people in the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia. Kildin Sami has an official Cyrillic script.

Writing system

Kildin Sami is written in an extended version of the Cyrillic alphabet.
А а Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ё ё Ж ж З з
? ? ? ? ?
И и Й й Ј ј К к Л л М м Н н
? /ç/
О о П п Р р С с Т т У у Ф ф Х х Ц ц
? ? ?
Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ Ыы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Long vowels may be marked with a macron (¯) over the vowel letter (and above the diaeresis in the cases of ӓ and ӭ).

А а		Б б	В в	Г г	Д д	Е е	Ё ё	Ж ж	З з
?	?		?			?	?
И и	Й й		Ј ј	К к	Л л		М м		Н н
?		/ç/
	О о	П п	Р р		С с	Т т	У у	Ф ф	Х х	Ц ц
	?						?		?
Ч ч	Ш ш	Щ щ	Ъ ъ	Ыы	Ь ь		Э э		Ю ю	Я я
		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

The sounds represented by the letters ӓ, ҋ/ј, ӆ, ӎ, ӊ, ӈ, ҏ, ъ, ы, ь, ҍ and ӭ do not occur at the start of words, so these letters don't normally occur in uppercase, except for all caps text.

The letter h occurs before the letters к, п, т, ц and ч, and marks preaspiration. It is always lowercase, even in all caps text.

Ҋ and ј are alternate ways of writing the same sound, a voiceless palatal fricative.

The letter щ occurs only in loanwords.

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