Eurasia · ISO 639-3 ain · Glottocode ainu1240
Hokkaido Ainu
Hokkaido Ainu makes visible a nearly extinct language of the Ainu family with a likely Kana assignment.
- Language family
- Ainu
- Likely script
- Katakana (Kana)
- Source status
- nearly extinct
- Macroarea
- Eurasia
- Source country codes
- JP
- Reference point
- 43.634, 142.462
Open research question
Which community-authorised sources can appropriately present revitalisation, learning materials and actual writing practice?
This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.
Scholarly boundary
The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.