Ainu leids
Ainu (Ainu: アイヌ・イタㇰ, Aynu itak; Japanese: アイヌ語 Ainu-go) is a group o leids, spoken bi memmers o the indigenous Ainu fowk on the northren Japanese island o Hokkaido.
| Ainu | |
|---|---|
| Ainuic | |
| アイヌ・イタㇰ Aynu=itak | |
| Region | Currently anerly Hokkaidō; umwhile an aw soothren an central Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, an possibly northren Honshū |
| Ethnicity | Ainu |
Native speakers | 304 (2011) |
Leid isolate or ane o the warld's primar leid faimilies | |
| Dialects | |
| Katakana, Laitin | |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | ain |
| ISO 639-3 | ain |
| Glottolog | ainu1252[1] |
 Historically attestit range o the Ainu (solit reid) an suspectit umwhilerange (pink) based on toponymic evidence (reid dots) [Vovin 1993], Matagi veelages (purpie dots), an Japanese isoglosses | |
References
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- Literature and materials for learning Ainu Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Inglis)
- The Book of Common Prayer in Ainu
- A Grammar of the Ainu Language bi John Batchelor
- An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary, includin A Grammar of the Ainu Language bi John Batchelor
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