Ainu language

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Hokkaido_Ainu
Aynu itak
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Ainu language dictionaries
Ainu language festivals
Ainu language radio programs
Ainu language textbooks
gptkbp:endangeredStatus critically endangered
gptkbp:extinct gptkb:Kuril_Ainu
gptkb:Sakhalin_Ainu
gptkbp:firstDocumented 19th century
gptkbp:hasNoKnownRelationTo any other language family
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ainu language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code ain
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ain
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Ainu_languages
gptkbp:nativeTo Ainu people
gptkbp:notableFeature agglutinative
polysynthetic structure
no grammatical gender
rich verb morphology
loanwords from Japanese
no distinction between singular and plural nouns
no written tradition before 19th century
subject-object-verb word order
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Mashiho_Chiri
gptkb:Yukie_Chiri
gptkb:Shigeru_Kayano
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers fewer than 10 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:recognizedBy Japan (minority language)
gptkbp:region gptkb:Russian_Far_East
gptkb:Northern_Japan
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Hokkaido
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Kuril_Islands
gptkb:Sakhalin
gptkbp:status revitalization efforts ongoing
gptkbp:teachingEfforts Ainu language classes in Hokkaido
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus critically endangered
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:oral_tradition
folk
rituals
songs
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Katakana
gptkbp:相关语言 gptkb:Hokkaido_Ainu
gptkb:Kuril_Ainu
gptkb:Sakhalin_Ainu
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_folklore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4