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Eastern Saamic constitutes the eastern branch of Saamic. It can be subdivided into the mainland group (with Inari Saami, Skolt Saami and Akkala Saami) and the peninsular group (with Kildin Saami and 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.

Other Languages

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-The East-Saamic languages constitute a subgroup of [[Saamic]]. They can be divided further into a western mainland group (with [[Inari Saami]], [[Skolt Saami]] and [[Akkala Saami]]) and an eastern peninsular group (with [[Kildin Saami]] and [[Ter Saami]]).
+'''Eastern Saamic''' constitutes the eastern branch of [[Saamic]]. It can be subdivided into the [[Mainland_Eastern_Saamic|mainland group]] (with [[Inari Saami]], [[Skolt Saami]] and [[Akkala Saami]]) and the [[Peninsula_Eastern_Saamic|peninsular group]] (with [[Kildin Saami]] and [[Ter Saami]]).
-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: