Ainu Times
Encyclopedia
The Ainu Times is the only newspaper
published in the Ainu language
. It uses both special katakana
and romanization
s in its articles. Its current (2006) editor is Takashi Hamada.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
published in the Ainu language
Ainu language
Ainu is one of the Ainu languages, spoken by members of the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō....
. It uses both special katakana
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...
and romanization
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization or latinization is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Roman script, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system . Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written...
s in its articles. Its current (2006) editor is Takashi Hamada.
External links
- Ainu Times homepage (by Takasi Hamada, in Ainu and Japanese) (Archived 2009-10-24)
- オタルナイ・レコード (Archived 2009-10-24) (includes pages on Ainu Times)
- cakcak kamuy oruspe (example of Ainu Times, in Ainu, Japanese and Esperanto, by YOKOYAMA Hiroyuki)