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166. Macro-Comparison and Deep-Contact Controversies

What are the proposed external genetic relationships and deep-contact scenarios for Ainu, and how are they evaluated?

アイヌ語に対して提案された外部系統関係と深い接触シナリオは何か、それらはどのように評価されるか?

A critical, method-driven survey of proposed external genetic relationships and deep-contact scenarios for Ainu, framed by borrowing-scale and areal typology.

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The isolate baseline 10 sentences

What is the current consensus on Ainu's genetic relationship to other language families?

The macro-comparison catalogue 6 sentences

What external genetic comparisons have been proposed for Ainu and what is their current status?

Old Japanese loanwords into Ainu 16 sentences· 1 examples

What evidence exists for Old Japanese loanwords entering Ainu?

sippo ku=kor
salt 1SG.A=have
‘I have salt.’
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The reverse direction: Ainu elements in early Japonic 1 claims ·13 sentences

What is the evidence for Ainu substrate loanwords in Old Japanese?

  1. Ainu has exerted no influence on the grammar of Japanese, although Ainu grammar has been significantly influenced by Japanese.
    アイヌ語文法は日本語から著しい影響を受けたものの、アイヌ語が日本語の文法に影響を与えたことはない。
    absence ainu universal
    asserts bugaeva2012

The Jōmon-substrate thesis and Ainu ethnogenesis 11 sentences

What is the Jōmon-substrate hypothesis for Japonic and what evidence supports it?

Toponymic substrate on Honshu 7 sentences

What evidence is there for Ainu-origin place names on Honshu?

Separating contact, inheritance, and chance 18 sentences

How can resemblance between Ainu and other languages be attributed to contact, inheritance, or chance?

The Amur / North Pacific areal layer 1 claims ·9 sentences

What typological features does Ainu share with North Pacific Rim languages?

  1. The Ainu noun kotán 'settlement' is a Eurasian Wanderwort.
    アイヌ語の名詞 kotán「集落」はユーラシアの遍歴借用語(Wanderwort)である。
    diachrony ainu existential kotán
    asserts janhunen2022