User:Gkawaki1/Language selection
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I'm not sure who I would like to work with.
Ainu
- ISO 639-3: ain
- Ainu is an endangered language only spoken by a few elderly Ainu people in Hokkaido, Japan. [1]
- Ainu is considered as a language isolate [2]
- Orthography: Ainu is written in modified version of Japanese katakana, but it can also be written in Latin-based alphabet [3]
- Resources: I think I can easily find resources on Ainu, as I can get access to texts written in Japanese.
- A webpage made by Office of Ainu Measures Promotion provides an extensive list of resources on Ainu language [4]
Miyako
- ISO 639-3: mvi
- Miyako (Miyakoan) is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken by roughly 50000 people in the Miyako Islands in Okinawa, Japan. [5]
- Orthography: Ryukyuan languages including Miyako was historically written in both in Chinese and Japanese characters. [6]
- Resources:
Jeju
- ISO 639-3: jje
- Jeju (Jejueom Jejuan) is a Koreanic language spoken by 5000 people mainly in Jeju Island, South Korea. [9]
- Jeju is similar to Korean in terms of typology with some significant differences. [10]
- Orthography: Jeju does not have a written laguage, but Korean alphabet, Hangul, has been recently used with some minor modifications [11]
- Resources:
- Jeju<=>English Talking dictionary [12],,,