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m Undid revision 1307537421 by 2001:8003:424F:D100:803F:DE81:9B67:43E (talk) Restore Ainu. It is also mentioned in the lead and in a map; at least we should be consistent. The dividing line between languages with dialects on one side, and families of closely related languages on the other, is essentially arbitrary, but this is properly sourced. |
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| [[Ainu language|Ainu]]
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| Spoken on the island of [[Hokkaido]] in [[Japan]]. Sometimes hypothesized to be related to [[Korean language|Korean]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]],<ref name=grenberg2000>Joseph Greenberg (2000–2002): ''Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives: The Eurasiatic Language Family'', 2 volumes. Stanford University Press.</ref> while at other times proposed to be a branch of [[Altaic languages|Altaic]].<ref name=patrie78>James Tyrone Patrie (1978): ''The genetic relationship of the Ainu language''. PhD thesis, University of Hawaii.</ref><ref name=patrie82>James Tyrone Patrie (1982): ''The Genetic Relationship of the Ainu Language.'' University of Hawaii Press. {{ISBN|0-8248-0724-3}}</ref>
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