In 1961, Georgiĭ Martynovich Kert published a descriptive grammar of Kildin Sámi and Ter Sámi – in the Soviet tradition considered a dialects – as well as ethnographic descriptions of the Sámi population in Sovjet.Kert, 1961. Kert’s transcription only uses capital letters for given names. The book is directed at a scholarly audience.Yuryev, n.d.

Scripts
Latin, Cyrillic
ISO 639-2
smi
Status
Unofficial
Debut
1961
Literature

Kert, G. M. (1961). Образцы саамской речи: материалы по языкы и фольклоры саамов Кольского полуострова, кильдинский и иоканьгский диалекты [Samples of Sami speech: materials on the languages ​​and folklore of the Sami of the Kola Peninsula, Kildin and Yokanga dialects]. USSR Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 September 2026 from kolanord.ru

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Yuryev, A. (n.d.) Saami.su. Lovozero. Retrieved 20 September 2026 from saami.su

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a jabb̭aš pi̮n’n’ei oлmɛ oikjen˙ sōn hjabšɛ
vaivaš Лazar’ arr kⁱed˙g’ al’n’, kⁱehč, лuvvt˙ arr
vi̮g minɛt˙, kas’t˙ tost si̮it˙ li
ɛvtɛl’ min adž́ ja jen’n˙ sårnɛn˙, što ti̮sta min si̮idɛn˙ jel’inč škoлa sām’ parna guɛika. min si̮itɛs’t˙ Kiлt si̮itɛs’t˙ l’ai škoлa uže maŋa tuišenč.
Čudz’javres’t˙, at˙t˙ vuɛps’a Лūjavr’si̮itɛs’t.