Ainu language
Refers to the language spoken by the Ainu people of northern Japan. Often studied as a language isolate.
There are still few people who study the Ainu language.
アイヌ語の地名が北海道に多く残っている。
Many place names in Hokkaido remain from the Ainu language.
Compound of アイヌ (Ainu) and 語 (language). The word アイヌ itself means 'human' in the Ainu language.