Ainu people
ethnic group in Japan and Russia
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Summary
Ainu people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35,600 views/month, #9 of 4,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Japan[3], Russia[4]
- Named after: human[5], Ae-oina Kamuy[6]
- Subclass of: indigenous peoples of Asia[7], ethnic groups of Japan[8]
- Commons category: Ainu[9]
- Has part(s): Hokkaido Ainu[10], Ainu in Russia[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ainu[12]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Q141169411[13]
- Filmography: filmography of the Ainu[14]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopedic Lexicon[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The American Cyclopædia[20], New International Encyclopedia[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[23], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], Otto's encyclopedia[26]
- Topic has template: Template:Ainu[27]
- Native label: アィヌ[28]
- Different from: Ainu[29]
- History of topic: history of the Ainu[30]
- Has list: list of Ainu people[31]
- Language used: Ainu[32]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Ainu task force[33], WikiProject Japan[34], WikiProject Human Genetic History[35], WikiProject Ethnic groups[36], WikiProject East Asia[37], Demographics and ethnography of Russia task force[38], WikiProject Oral tradition[39]
Why It Matters
Ainu people has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]