• Bedroht

  60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• < 12,000

  Muttersprachler weltweit
• Ethnische Population

  12,000

• MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER

  classified under the Uyghur nationality in China

DATUM DER INFORMATION

2002

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

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.

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

positive

UNTERSTÜTZUNG DER REGIERUNG

no

INSTITUTIONELLE UNTERSTÜTZUNG

no

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

• Uyghur; Mandarin

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

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.

Rechtschreibung

no orthographies

ORTE

China

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG

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).

• Bedroht

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 6,570

  Muttersprachler weltweit

• 6,570

  Muttersprachler weltweit

DATUM DER INFORMATION

2000

ORTE

China;