Ainu languages
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ainu-languages-162-5024705
title:
Ainu languages
text:
The Ainu languages, sometimes known as Ainuic, are a small language family, often regarded as a language isolate, historically spoken by the Ainu people of northern Japan and neighboring islands. The primary varieties of Ainu are alternately considered a group of closely related languages or divergent dialects of a single language isolate. The only surviving variety is Hokkaido Ainu, which UNESCO lists as critically endangered. Sakhalin Ainu and Kuril Ainu are now extinct. Toponymic evidence sug
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Language family of northern Japan and neighboring islands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_languages
date created:
2020-09-06T04:28:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T14:20:32Z
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