The Ainu Times is the only magazine published in the Ainu language, hosted by the Ainu Pen Club. Its first edition was published for 20 March 1997. It...
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Ainu (アイヌ イタㇰ, aynu itak), or more precisely Hokkaido Ainu (Japanese: 北海道アイヌ語), is a language spoken by a few elderly members of the Ainu people on the...
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They have occupied these areas, known to them as "Ainu Mosir" (Ainu: アイヌモシㇼ, lit. 'the land of the Ainu'), since before the arrival of the modern Yamato...
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The Ainu in Russia are an Indigenous people of Siberia located in Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Kamchatka Krai. The Russian Ainu people (Aine;...
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Ainu cuisine is the cuisine of the ethnic Ainu in Japan and Russia. The cuisine differs markedly from that of the majority Yamato people of Japan. Raw...
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Ainu culture is the culture of the Ainu people, from around the 13th century (late Kamakura period) to the present. Today, most Ainu people live a life...
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Ainu Mosir (Ainu: アイヌモシㇼ, lit. 'the land of the Ainu; Hokkaido') is a 2020 Japanese drama film directed by Takeshi Fukunaga. It features a story about...
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Hokkaido (category Articles containing Ainu (Japan)-language text)
Hepburn: Hokkaidō, pronounced [hokkaꜜidoː] , lit. 'Northern Sea Circuit; Ainu: Ainu Moshiri') is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest...
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Ainu music is the musical tradition of the Ainu people of northern Japan. Ainu people have no indigenous system of writing, and so have traditionally inherited...
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Ethnic nationalism in Japan (redirect from Ainu nationalism)
term for Hokkaido. Ainu Party (アイヌ民族党, lit. "Ethnic Ainu Party" or "Ainu Nationals Party") is the political party that represents Ainu rights in Japan;...
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The National Ainu Museum (国立アイヌ民族博物館, Kokuritsu Ainu Minzoku Hakubutsukan) is a museum located in Shiraoi, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated within the...
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Emishi (category Ainu history)
It is suggested that the Emishi spoke an early variant of the Ainu languages or an Ainu-like language, while some may have spoken a divergent Japonic...
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Menasunkur Ainu to the east in the 17th century. In Japanese texts, they were also called the Haekuru Ainu (Ainu hay-kur) and the Sarunkuru Ainu (Ainu sar-un-kur...
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Sakhalin (category Articles containing Ainu (Japan)-language text)
Ainu, Oroks, and Nivkhs, who are now present in very small numbers. The island's name is derived from the Manchu word Sahaliyan (ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ). The Ainu...
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Ethnic groups of Japan (section Ainu)
since the Asuka period. Other historical ethnic groups have included the Ainu, the Ryukyuan people, the Emishi, and the Hayato; some of whom were dispersed...
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Golden Kamuy (category Ainu in fiction)
gold of the Ainu people, helped by a young Ainu girl named Asirpa. The Ainu language in the story is supervised by Hiroshi Nakagawa, an Ainu language linguist...
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Demographics of Japan (section Ainu)
is the Ainu language, which is spoken by the Ainu people, who are the indigenous people of the island. The Ainu languages, of which Hokkaidō Ainu is the...
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be one of the gates to the underworld. The name originally comes from the Ainu language, with the form later phonetically changed when borrowed into the...
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Racism in Japan (section Ainu)
assimilated marginalized populations, which included indigenous Ryukyuans, Ainu, and other underrepresented groups, imposing assimilation programs in language...
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Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum (平取町立二風谷アイヌ文化博物館, Biratori-chō Nibutani Ainu Bunka Hakubutsukan) opened in the Nibutani area of Biratori, Hokkaidō, Japan...
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Inau (category Ainu culture)
Inaw (Ainu: イナウ or イナゥ) is an Ainu term for a ritual wood-shaving stick used in Ainu prayers to the spiritual world. They were used in most Ainu religious...
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Hokkaido wolf (section In Ainu culture)
referred to the historical lands of the Ainu people to the north of Honshu, which the Japanese named Ezo-chi. The Ainu were to be found on Hokkaido, Sakhalin...
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falcons, some wrens and wagtails are common. The Ainu people inhabited the Kuril Islands from early times, although few records predate the 17th century...
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Asian agricultural continental people (from the Korean Peninsula) than the Ainu and the Ryukyuans, with major admixture occurring in and after the Yayoi...
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inhabiting the peripheral areas of the then Japanese Empire, including the Ainu, Ryukyuans, Nivkh, as well as Chinese, Koreans, and Austronesians (Taiwanese...
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share connections with the Yamato but are often regarded as distinct, and Ainu people. In recent decades, there has also been an increase in the number...
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Japanese and Ainu was actively promoted by the Ainu to lessen the chances of discrimination against their offspring. As a result, many Ainu are indistinguishable...
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Jōmon period (category Ainu history)
distinctive populations which later merged to form the proto-Ainu in northern Hokkaido. The Ainu language can be connected to an "Okhotsk component" which...
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War, and his quest to find a huge fortune of gold of the Ainu people, helped by a young Ainu girl named Asirpa. In the late Meiji period in Hokkaido,...
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abbreviated to "Kasen." This is also used by AKB48 fans as well. Ainu Mix The Ainu Mix is another translated version of the mix. It is also known as...
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