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アイヌ・イタㇰ
Ainu is the language of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan. Once spoken across a vast region, it now has fewer than ten fluent native speakers, making it one of the most critically endangered languages in East Asia.
Speakers
10 speakers
Family
Ainu language isolate
Recordings
0
Stories
0
“Inkar an yan”
Please look at me
/iŋkar an jaŋ/
Ainu is the language of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan. Once spoken across a vast region, it now has fewer than ten fluent native speakers, making it one of the most critically endangered languages in East Asia.
ISO 639-3
AIN
Region
Hokkaido
Country
Japan
Language Family
Ainu language isolate
Continent
Asia
Contributors
1