信息不完整 “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)
近危
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
< 12,000
12,000
classified under the Uyghur nationality in China
信息日期
2002
使用领域
使用者趋势
更多关于活力的信息
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.
使用者态度
positive
政府的支持
no
相关机构的支持
no
该群体使用的其他语言
Uyghur; Mandarin
语言环境评论
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.
正字法
no orthographies
地点
China
地点描述
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).
信息不完整 “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
6,570
信息日期
2000
地点
China;
信息不完整 “World Oral Literature Project” .
近危
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available