ISO 639-3 · aibaib
Eastern Karluk family
Äynu
پارىس
Äynu is a language of the Eastern Karluk branch, spoken in China. Wikidata counts about 12,000 speakers (2017). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic cryptolect spoken in Western China”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aib- Glottocode
ainu1251- Family
- Eastern Karluk
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 41 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Äynu · پارىس |
|---|---|
| Also called | Abdal language, Äynu language, Ejnu language, Ainu, Aini language |
| All speakers | 12,000 (2017) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Eastern Karluk to Äynu
The branches above Äynu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where 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 China
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