Ter Sami language
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![Sami dialects and settlements in Russia:
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![Zoya Gerasimova (left), one of the last speakers of Ter Sami.Photo taken in 2006.](/Images/godic/202502/15/ZoyaGerasimovaNinaAfanasyevaInterview2349.jpg")
Ter Sami is the easternmost of the Sami languages. It was traditionally spoken in the northeastern part of the Kola Peninsula, but now it is a moribund language; in 2004, only ten speakers were left. By 2010, the number of speakers had decreased to two.