Ainu

Endonyms

アイヌ‎ (Aynu), アイヌ イタㇰ‎ (Aynu itak)

Alternate Names

Ainu, Ainu Itak

Identifiers
ISO code

ain

Glottocode

ainu1240

Metadata
Countries of origin

Japan

Also spoken in

Japan

Writing systems

Katakana, Latin

Linguistic genealogy

Language isolate

EGIDS Status

8b - Nearly extinct

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