# Ainu

> language(s) spoken by Ainu ethnic groups in Hokkaido, Kuril and Sakhalin

**Wikidata**: [Q27969](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27969)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_language)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ainu

## Summary

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].


## References

1. [ScriptSource - Japan](https://scriptsource.org/country/JP)
2. ISO 639-2
3. [Language](https://op.europa.eu/web/eu-vocabularies/at-dataset/-/resource/dataset/language)
4. Integrated Authority File
5. SUDOC
6. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
7. RAMEAU
8. datos.bne.es
9. Ethnologue
10. Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
11. Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
12. YSO-Wikidata mapping project
13. National Library of Israel
14. KBpedia