Skolt
Speech parts
1. Skolt - Noun
2. Skolt - Proper noun
Meaning
Skolt (plural Skolts)
A member of a small ethnic Sami fraction living in northern Finland and nearby areas of Russia. The Skolts have their own language, Skolt Sami.
Skolt
The Skolt Sami language.
Examples
The names for Finland in its Sami languages are: Suopma ( Northern Sami ), Suomâ ( Inari Sami ) and Lää´ddjânnam ( Skolt Sami ).
The last major shift in Sami settlement was the migration westward of 600 Skolt Sami from the Petsamo region after it was ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944.
Other ascender letters with carons, such as letters ȟ (used in Finnish Romani and Lakota ) and ǩ (used in Skolt Sami ), did not modify their carons to superscript commas.