OLAC resources in and about the Ainu language

ISO 639-3: ain

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language

Other known names and dialect names: Ainu Itak, Ezo, Hokkaido, Kuril, Saghilin, Sakhalin, Shikotan, Taraika, Tsishima, Yezo

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Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Ainu. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:ain
2. ONLINEAinu Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_ain_swadesh-1

Language descriptions

1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.1 Resources for Hokkaido Ainu. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:ainu1240
2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Hokkaido Ainu. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:ainu1240
3. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Ainu. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:ain
4. ONLINEWOLD Resources for Ainu. n.a. 2013. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wold.clld.org:44
5. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Ainu, Hokkaido dialect. Maddieson, Ian. 2009. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src184

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEThe Genetic Relationship of the Ainu Language. Patrie, James. 1982. University of Hawaii Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:645
2. ONLINEThe Languages of Japan. Shibatani, Masayoshi. 1990. Cambridge University Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:768
3. ONLINEHokkaido Ainu phonemics. Simeon, G. 1969. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:775
4. ONLINEThe Ainu Language. Tamura, Suzuko. 2000. Sanseido. oai:refdb.wals.info:1333
5. ONLINEAinu-Grammatik. Volume 1: Texte und Hinweise. Dettmer, H. A. 1989. Harrassowitz. oai:refdb.wals.info:2043
6. ONLINEThe Ainu Language: The Morphology and Syntax of the Shizunai Dialect. Refsing, Kirsten. 1986. Aarhus University Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:2688
7. ONLINELinguistic Diversity in Space and Time. Nichols, Johanna. 1992. University of Chicago Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:4050
8. ONLINEThe Ainu Language. Tamura, Suzuko. 1988. Sanseido. oai:refdb.wals.info:4725
9. ONLINEReciprocals and sociatives in Ainu. Alpatov, Vladimir M.; Bugaeva, Anna Ju.; Nedjalkov, Vladimir P. 2007. Typology of reciprocal constructions. oai:refdb.wals.info:4916
10. ONLINEAinu: a language of Japan. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:ain
11. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Ainu. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_ain
12. Review of: The genetic relationship of the Ainu language, by James Patric. Toba, Sueyoshi. 1983. SIL International. oai:sil.org:4249

Other known names and dialect names: Ainu Itak, Ezo, Hokkaido, Kuril, Saghilin, Sakhalin, Shikotan, Taraika, Tsishima, Yezo

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