Ainu

language(s) spoken by Ainu ethnic groups in Hokkaido, Kuril and Sakhalin
Intangible natural_language Q27969
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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISO 639-2. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Unesco language status 5 critically endangered
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