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Ainu [ˈaɪnuː] n 1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -nus, -nu a member of the aboriginal people of Japan, now mostly intermixed with Mongoloid immigrants whose skin colour is more yellowish 2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, sometimes tentatively associated with Altaic, still spoken in parts of Hokkaido and elsewhere [Ainu: man] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The development of a local identity during the formation of
Japan's modern nation-state necessitated reflection on
Tsugaru's relationship to the Ainu people. Science
writer and adventurer Jon Turk set out on a 3,000-mile voyage across the
Pacific in an open boat to see if the oldest North American was in fact,
a Jomon--an ancient inhabitant of Japan and related to Polynesians and
the Ainu. Among the Ainu (indigenous people of
the Japanese archipelago), good spirits live on seventeen levels above
the earth, while bad ones inhabit nine or seven levels under the earth
(Stutley: 49, 59). |
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