Ainu language
Endangered language of Hokkaido, Japan
Ainu (アイヌ イタㇰ, aynu itak), or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu (Japanese: 北海道アイヌ語), is the native language of the Ainu people on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is a member of the Ainu language family, itself considered a language family isolate with no academic consensus regarding its origin. Until the 20th century, the Ainu languages...