Ainu (Japan) language resources

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Language: Ainu (Japan)

Population of Groups Speaking

13,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

New Testament

Audio Bible

Not Available

Jesus Film

Not Available

Gospel Recordings

Not Available

Map Notes

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Ainu (Japan)	Japan	13,000	1 ●
Ainu (Japan)	Russia	300	0 ☀︎
Totals: 2			2 ●

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
	Totals: 0			0 ●

Download Sources Definitions Prayer Cards

Item	Value
Status	Nearly extinct
Ethnologue Code	ain
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
Progress Scale	●

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Language Alternate Names
Ainu
Ainu Itak
Ezo
Hokkaido (Ezo)
Kuril (Shikotan)
Saghilin
Sakhalin (Saghilin)
Shikotan
Tsishima
Yezo

Dialects
Hokkaido
Itak
Kuril
Sakhalin
Taraika
Tsishima

Dialect Alternate Names
Ainu: Hokkaido
Ainu: Sakhalin
Ezo
Saghilin
Shikotan
Tsishima
Yezo

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1889-1896
New Testament	1897-1981
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
General	Scripture Earth Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
General	YouVersion Bible versions in text and/or audio	YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App	Android Bible app: Ainu	YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App	iOS Bible app: Ainu	YouVersion Bibles

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
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