| John Batchelor - Life story of John Batchelor (1854-1944), the Englishman who became the first westerner to learn the Ainu language, write its grammar in English, and make the Ainu known in the western world.
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| Literatures and Materials on the Ainu Language for Learners - Extensive bibliography of printed and audiovisual materials, as well as a collection of links to web pages on the subject. Bilingual site (English and Japanese).
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| The Ainu Language and Japan's Ancient History - Collection of papers concerning the history and possible genetic relationships of the Ainu language. There is also a collection of e-mail correspondence concerning the topic.
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| Aekirushi - Ainu folklore in Ainu.
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| Language Portraits - Words and Images - Ainu version of the poem "Full Circle" by Elly Sherman. The text is in the Japanese katakana syllabic script. The sound file is also available.
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| The Ainu Language - Survey of the language, with extensive discussion of its potential linguistic relationships and the origin of the Ainu people.
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| The Ainu Language - Basic sentences and numerals in Ainu, with corresponding downloadable sound files and English equivalents. Bilingual site (Japanese and English). Also, some sociolinguistic information on the language.
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| The Relationship between Basque and Ainu - An article by Edo Nyland discussing the possible relationship between Ainu and Basque, with extensive word lists.
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| The Ainu Language - Bibliography of books, papers, journals and newsletters (mostly written in Japanese) about the Ainu language.
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| The Ainu Language and Esperanto - An Esperantist's pro-Ainu language support page including excerpts from a bilingual Ainu-Esperanto newspaper, an Ainu grammar and the Ainu Shin'yooshuu (collection of Ainu Sacred Songs).
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| Dutch Encounters with Sakhalin and with the Ainu People - Article by Tjeerd de Graaf including word lists.
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