Ainu

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The Ainu are an Indigenous people of northern Japan and nearby regions, known for their distinct language, animist beliefs, and traditional hunter-gatherer culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethnic group
Indigenous people
country Japan
culturalCenter Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park
culturalRevitalization Language revival efforts
Traditional arts and crafts promotion
historicalInteraction Japanese people (Wajin)
linked to: Yamato people

Russian Empire
historicalRegion Kuril Islands
Northern Honshu
linked to: Honshu

Sakhalin
linked to: Sakhalin Island
language Ainu language
languageFamily Language isolate
legalStatusInJapan Indigenous people
modernWritingSystem Adapted Japanese kana
Latin alphabet
populationCenter Hokkaido
populationCountry Japan
primaryRegion Hokkaido
recognizedAsIndigenousBy Government of Japan
region Northeast Asia
linked to: East Asia

Northern Japan
religion Animism
Shamanism
selfDesignation Ainu (meaning “human” or “person”)
linked to: Ainu
traditionalArt Embroidery
Woodcarving
traditionalClothingMaterial Animal skins
Woven inner bark fiber (attus)
traditionalEconomy Fishing
Gathering
Hunting
Small-scale agriculture
traditionalHousing Chise
traditionalMusic Mukkuri jaw harp
Upopo songs
traditionalReligionFeature Bear ceremony (iomante)
Spirit veneration (kamuy)
traditionalSocialStructure Clan-based communities
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage Critically endangered
writingSystem Primarily oral tradition

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Hokkaido hasEthnicGroup Ainu
Ryukyuan people relatedEthnicGroup Ainu people
linked to: Ainu
Ainu selfDesignation Ainu (meaning “human” or “person”)
linked to: Ainu
Yamato people relatedEthnicGroup Ainu people
linked to: Ainu
Iturup hasEthnicGroup Ainu (historical)
linked to: Ainu
Yamato people contrastedWith Ainu people
subject linked to: Yamato
linked to: Ainu
Ainu language ethnicGroup Ainu people
linked to: Ainu
Ainu language hasDialect Hokkaido Ainu
linked to: Ainu
Ainu language hasDialect Sakhalin Ainu
linked to: Ainu
Ainu language hasDialect Kuril Ainu
linked to: Ainu
Ainu language closelyAssociatedWith Ainu culture
linked to: Ainu
Mukkuri jaw harp usedBy Ainu people
linked to: Ainu
Mukkuri jaw harp culturalOrigin Ainu culture
linked to: Ainu
Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park dedicatedTo Ainu people
linked to: Ainu
Akan Ainu Kotan ethnicGroupAssociated Ainu people
linked to: Ainu
Akan Ainu Kotan culturalHeritageOf Ainu people
linked to: Ainu