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Revision as of 07:42, 16 January 2013

Eastern Saamic constitutes the eastern branch of Saamic and is spoken in Finland and Russia. It can be subdivided into the mainland group (Inari Saami, Skolt Saami with Akkala Saami) and the peninsular group (Kola Saami: Kildin Saami, Ter Saami).

Typical features of Eastern Saamic include:

  • Preservation of *š in clusters
  • Preservation of long nasals.
  • Loss of intervocalic *nč with following contraction
  • Loss of final vowels in third syllables and (except in Inari) in second syllables.