Saami, Akkala

A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639: sia
Alternate Names: Ahkkil, Babino, Babinsk
Population: No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker, Marja Sergina, died in 2003. Ethnic population: 100 (1995 M. Krauss). 1,770 including all Saami (2010 census).
Location:: Murmansk province: southwest Kola peninsula.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Uralic, Sami, Eastern
Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Skolt Saami [sms].
Language Use: Shifted to Russian [rus] (Salminen 2007). Some also use Kildin Saami [sjd] (Salminen 2007).

Location: Murmansk province: southwest Kola peninsula.