Kane renren

Ainu dance

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[jahgenji]

Nope, that's extremely rare these days i think. I'm afraid there is no more fluent speakers these days..

Their language is japanese now.

[jahgenji]

Hehe, not exactly but a lot of my close friends are ainu, so i spend a lot of time with them. Cheers!

[mabewa]

@Ilmatar7 It's also worth noting that DNA testing failed to find any Caucasoid ancestry among the Ainu--this seemed to have end

any debate about the issue. Still, I've noticed that the idea that "Ainu are white" is very common in the US.

[Ilmatar7]

Feel free to correct me if you feel I've misstated anything, here. I have read excerpts of the Portuguese letters back home, but I am relying on scant materials from American history books for the other side of the story. . . .

I do think that that's probably where his expectation came from, though. . . .

[Ilmatar7]

Complicated question. Simply put, European Portuguese thought that all Japanese people were 'white' when they wrote home.

But the Japanese thought that the Europeans were like the 'hairy Ainu' &c because of their whiskery faces.

Finally, the old racial stereotypes had difficulty placing the Ainu as Caucasoid or Mongoloid, but those are not commonly accepted 'categories' in this day and age.

Which all goes to show you, strict or clear-cut racial divisions are generally social constructs. . . .

[PaganFreak9210]

very very kool I like a lot. can any one tell me what they are singing about?

[Chichiri520]

You do know that as time went one, the Ainu integrated with Japanese. Just like nowadays, you find Caucasian folk in USA who have Native American ancestry as well as some Afro-Americans who have Native America ancestry as well due to integration.

[chienowa2oo2]

whaaaat? no ainu look like ainus. why are you comparing their physiognomy to whites? are you brainwashed? and "pure blood ones"... you need help. seriously.

[aboy16]

ain't Ainu folks supssoed to be more white looking,or is that just the pure blood ones?

[Uptim]

One of the dialects died in 998 I think.. Now only Tsishima is left... At least, from what i've researched.. hey, uhm.. jahgenji, would you eb abel to send me this video or any other ainu videos you have?

[AkkordionBloke]

Ainu is currently regarded to be a language isolate with no known relation to other languages. It is sometimes grouped with the Paleosiberian languages.