Natural Ainu
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- Regional: Asia: Japan: Society and Culture: Ancient Cultures: Ainu (13)
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Aekirushi - Ainu folklore in Ainu.
The Ainu Language - Survey of the language, with extensive discussion of its potential linguistic relationships and the origin of the Ainu people.
The Ainu Language and Esperanto - An Esperantist's pro-Ainu language support page including excerpts from a bilingual Ainu-Esperanto newspaper, an Ainu grammar and the Ainu Shin'yooshuu (collection of Ainu Sacred Songs).
The Ainu Language and Japan's Ancient History - Collection of papers concerning the history and possible genetic relationships of the Ainu language. There is also a collection of e-mail correspondence concerning the topic.
John Batchelor - Life story of John Batchelor (1854-1944), the Englishman who became the first westerner to learn the Ainu language, write its grammar in English, and make the Ainu known in the western world.
Literatures and Materials on the Ainu Language for Learners - Extensive bibliography of printed and audiovisual materials, as well as a collection of links to web pages on the subject. Bilingual site (English and Japanese). Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.