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

Writing systems

Katakana, Latin

Linguistic genealogy

Language isolate

EGIDS Status

8b - Nearly extinct

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