Ainu language (historically)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ainu_language_(historically)
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:endonym アイヌ・イタㇰ (Ainu itak)
gptkbp:firstDocumented 19th century
gptkbp:glottologCode ainu1240
gptkbp:hasCaseSystem yes
gptkbp:hasConsonants no
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Hokkaido_Ainu
gptkb:Kuril_Ainu
gptkb:Sakhalin_Ainu
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom gptkb:Russian
gptkb:Evenki
gptkb:Orok
gptkb:Nivkh
Japanese
gptkbp:hasNoKnownRelationTo Japanese
any other language family
gptkbp:hasOfficialRecognition Japan (since 2008)
gptkbp:hasPhonology relatively small
gptkbp:hasVerbFinalOrder yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ainu language (historically)
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ain
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Ainu_languages
gptkbp:notableFeature agglutinative
polysynthetic
no grammatical gender
subject-object-verb word order
no grammatical number
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers fewer than 10 (as of 21st century)
gptkbp:oralTradition yes
gptkbp:revitalizationEfforts Ainu language classes in Hokkaido
Ainu language radio programs
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Hokkaido
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Kuril_Islands
gptkb:Sakhalin
gptkbp:status critically endangered
revitalization in progress
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus critically endangered
gptkbp:usedBy Ainu people
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:oral_tradition
folk
daily communication (historically)
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkb:Katakana
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Traditional_Mongolian_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6