As informações estão incompletas “The study of Ainu (艾努語研究)” . Zhao Xiangru (趙相如) and Aximu (阿西木) (2011) Beijing: Minzu Publisher (民族出版社)
Ameaçado
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
< 12,000
12,000
classified under the Uyghur nationality in China
DATA DAS INFORMAÇÕES
2002
DOMÍNIOS DE USO
TENDÊNCIAS DOS FALANTES
MAIS INFORMAÇÕES SOBRE A VITALIDADE
The domain of language use is decreasing since everyone is bilingual in Uyghur which has long been the lingua franca of the Xinjiang region. Plus, Mandarin serves as the medium of education and the official language of China.
ATITUDE DO FALANTE
positive
SUPORTE GOVERNAMENTAL
no
SUPORTE INSTITUCIONAL
no
OUTROS IDIOMAS USADOS PELA COMUNIDADE
Uyghur; Mandarin
COMENTÁRIOS SOBRE O CONTEXTO DO IDIOMA
Ainu speakers are Muslims who only marry within their own group. Though Ainu belongs to the Iranian languages, it has been heavily influenced by Uyghur which is Turkic due to long term contact.
Ortografia
no orthographies
LUGARES
China
DESCRIÇÃO DA LOCALIDADE
The speakers of Ainu are Muslims scattering all over the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China (Hotan/Hetian (和田), Yutian (于闐), Kargilik/Yecheng (葉城), Yining (伊寧), and Ürümqi (烏魯木齊), among others).
As informações estão incompletas “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
6,570
DATA DAS INFORMAÇÕES
2000
LUGARES
China;
As informações estão incompletas “World Oral Literature Project” .
Ameaçado
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available