ISO 639-3 · ainain
unclassified
Ainu
Aynu itak
Ainu is a language, spoken in Japan and Russia. Wikidata counts about 10 speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “language(s) spoken by Ainu ethnic groups in Hokkaido, Kuril and Sakhalin”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ain- Glottocode
ainu1252- WALS
ainu- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 101 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
—levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ainu · Aynu itak |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ainu (Japan), Aunu, ain, Ainu language |
| All speakers | 10 (2007) |
| Written in | Ainu orthography, Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Japan
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