Wiktionary:About Kildin Sami
This page deals with the specific issues of Kildin Sami entries on Wiktionary.
Pronunciation
[edit]Kildin Sami pronunciation should be given using the template {{sjd-IPA}}. This template generates phonemic IPA of Kildin Sami terms.
In Kildin Sami, the main stress typically falls on the first syllable of the word; however, if the term is borrowed, the stress may remain the same as in the source language. This typically happens to loanwords from Russian having three or more syllables. In this case, {{IPA|sjd|}} should be used instead, with the transcription being entered manually for each such word (see алфавиһт (alfaviht) as an example).
Orthography
[edit]Wiktionary prioritizes the modified version of the spelling used in the 1985 dictionary (ed. by Rimma Kuruč):
- ⟨һ⟩ for /h/
- ⟨ҋ⟩ for /j̥/ for the sake of consistency in reflecting voiceless sonorants along with ⟨ӆ⟩ for /l̥/, ⟨ӎ⟩ for /m̥/, and ⟨ӊ⟩ for /n̥/
- ⟨оа̄⟩ for /ɒː/ in order to distinguish between /ɒ/ and /ɒː/
Other orthographical variants should be tagged by {{alternative spelling of|sjd|}} and given in the main entry under the header Alternative forms.
Dialects
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• K-7, K-8 – the Ār’sjōgk dialect
• K-1, K-3 – the Kīllt dialect
• K-4 – the Kårdegk dialect
• K-5 – the Lujāvv’r dialect
Today, most likely only four of Kildin Sami dialects are still maintained:
- Ār’sjōgk (А̄рьсъёгк) or Semiostrovsk, formerly spoken in the settlements of Varzino and Semiostrov'je;
- Kīllt (Кӣллт) or Čuʒ’jāvv’r (Чудзья̄ввьр), formerly spoken in the settlements of Kildin and Čudz'javr;
- Kårdegk (Коардэгк), formerly spoken in the settlement of Voron'je;
- Lujāvv’r (Луя̄ввьр), spoken in the settlement of Lovozero.