Ainu
A language of Japan
| Population | 15 in Japan (1996 A. Vovin). Ethnic population: 15,000 in Japan. |
| Region | Kuril Islands (Tsishima), Hokkaido. |
| Alternate names | Ainu Itak |
| Dialects | Sakhalin (Saghilin), Taraika, Hokkaido (Ezo, Yezo), Kuril (Shikotan, Tsishima). There were at least 19 dialects. |
| Classification | Language isolate |
| Language use | Shifting to Japanese. |
| Language development | NT: 1897. |
| Writing system | Katakana script. Latin script. |
| Comments | Ainu [aib] in China is a different, unrelated language. SOV. Nearly extinct. |
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