Ainu (China)
[également appelé Aynu, Aini, Abdal]Classification : Turkic
·menacée
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Menacée
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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< 12,000
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12,000
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classified under the Uyghur nationality in China
- DATE OF INFO
- 2002
- DOMAINES D'UTILISATION
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- TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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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.
- ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS
- positive
- SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL
- no
- SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL
- no
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Uyghur; Mandarin
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
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.
- Orthographe
no orthographies
- PLACES
- China
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
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).