Language · Language isolates

Ainu

アイヌ・イタㇰ – its own name

Listed in 1 country.

Endangerment: nearly extinct according to Glottolog (AES, CC BY 4.0)

Glottolog treats the Ainu languages as a small family of their own; Hokkaido Ainu is the only living one. CLDR gives no number of speakers.

Speakers (estimate)
–
CLDR gives no number of users
Family
Language isolates
Script
Katakana, Latin
Codes
ain
Glottolog ainu1240

Place in the family tree

  1. Language isolates
  2. Hokkaido-Kuril Ainu
  3. Ainu

Nodes of the Glottolog tree (Glottolog, CC BY 4.0).

Where it is spoken

  • Minority 1

Minority

  • Japan –

    The language of the Ainu of Hokkaido; CLDR gives no share of speakers.

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