Ainu
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The Ainu are an indigenous people of Japan[1]. Their cultural heritage is recognized as intangible[1]. The Ainu have maintained distinct traditions, languages, and practices within Japan[1].
Japan officially acknowledges the Ainu as an indigenous group[1]. Their cultural expressions and knowledge systems remain an integral part of the country’s intangible heritage[1].
Ainu
Summary
Ainu is a natural language[1]. Ainu ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,046 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Ainu is in the country of Japan[3].
- Ainu is in the country of Russia[4].
- Ainu's instance of is recorded as natural language[5].
- Ainu's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
- Ainu followed Proto-Ainu[7].
- Ainu is a type of Ainu[8].
- Ainu's writing system is recorded as Ainu orthography[9].
- Ainu's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
- Ainu's Commons category is recorded as Ainu language[11].
- Ainu's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ain[12].
- Ainu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ainu languages[13].
- Ainu's described at URL is recorded as https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=1198[14].
- Ainu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[15].
- Ainu's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16].
- Ainu's topic has template is recorded as Template:Lang-ain[17].
- Ainu's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/ainu[18].
- Ainu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ain', 'text': 'Aynu itak'}[19].
- Ainu's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ain', 'text': 'アイヌ イタㇰ'}[20].
- Ainu's different from is recorded as Äynu[21].
- Ainu's different from is recorded as Ainu[22].
- Ainu's different from is recorded as Hokkaido Ainu[23].
- Ainu's different from is recorded as Ainu people[24].
- Ainu's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered[25].
- Ainu's indigenous to is recorded as Hokkaido[26].
- Ainu's indigenous to is recorded as Kuril Islands[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include natural language[5] and modern language[6]. Ainu is a type of Ainu[8].
Why It Matters
Ainu ranks in the top 7% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,046 views/month).[2] Ainu has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ainu is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]