Ainu

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The Ainu are an Indigenous people of northern Japan and nearby regions, known for their distinct language, animist beliefs, and traditional hunter-gatherer culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethnic group
Indigenous people
country Japan
culturalCenter Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park
culturalRevitalization Language revival efforts
Traditional arts and crafts promotion
historicalInteraction Yamato people
surface form: Japanese people (Wajin)

Russian Empire
historicalRegion Kuril Islands
Honshu
surface form: Northern Honshu

Sakhalin Island
surface form: Sakhalin
language Ainu language
languageFamily Language isolate
legalStatusInJapan Indigenous people
modernWritingSystem Adapted Japanese kana
Latin alphabet
populationCenter Hokkaido
populationCountry Japan
primaryRegion Hokkaido
recognizedAsIndigenousBy Government of Japan
region East Asia
surface form: Northeast Asia

Northern Japan
religion Animism
Shamanism
selfDesignation Ainu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ainu (meaning “human” or “person”)
traditionalArt Embroidery
Woodcarving
traditionalClothingMaterial Animal skins
Woven inner bark fiber (attus)
traditionalEconomy Fishing
Gathering
Hunting
Small-scale agriculture
traditionalHousing Chise
traditionalMusic Mukkuri jaw harp
Upopo songs
traditionalReligionFeature Bear ceremony (iomante)
Spirit veneration (kamuy)
traditionalSocialStructure Clan-based communities
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage Critically endangered
writingSystem Primarily oral tradition

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hokkaido hasEthnicGroup Ainu
Ryukyuan people relatedEthnicGroup Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu people
Ainu selfDesignation Ainu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ainu (meaning “human” or “person”)
Yamato people relatedEthnicGroup Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu people
Iturup hasEthnicGroup Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu (historical)
Yamato contrastedWith Ainu
subject surface form: Yamato people
this entity surface form: Ainu people
Ainu language ethnicGroup Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu people
Ainu language hasDialect Ainu
this entity surface form: Hokkaido Ainu
Ainu language hasDialect Ainu
this entity surface form: Sakhalin Ainu
Ainu language hasDialect Ainu
this entity surface form: Kuril Ainu
Ainu language closelyAssociatedWith Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu culture
Mukkuri jaw harp usedBy Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu people
Mukkuri jaw harp culturalOrigin Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu culture
Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park dedicatedTo Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu people
Akan Ainu Kotan ethnicGroupAssociated Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu people
Akan Ainu Kotan culturalHeritageOf Ainu
this entity surface form: Ainu people