Ainu: Japan's Vanishing Voice

Japan's erased language: elders of the Ainu speaking on camera, the 1931 bear-ceremony archival film, NHK, Al Jazeera and CNA documentaries, and why 'not good at studying' became Japan's most durable slur — the fight to teach what the last fluent generation remembers.

Playlist by @language_archive_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Fascinatingly Mysterious Origins of the Ainu — TREY the Explainer
2. Ainu - History of Ghost of Yotei DOCUMENTARY — Kings and Generals
3. Have You Heard About The Ainu? Elders of Japan's Indigenous People Speak — Kinko Ito
4. Reality of Japan's Indigenous People (Ainu): Discrimination & Activism for Indigenous Human Rights — Japan Media Review
5. Hokkaido's Near-Forgotten Ainu People Who Thrived In Nature | The Mark Of Empire (Full Episode) — CNA Insider
6. 🇯🇵 Japan's Ainu | 101 East — Al Jazeera English
7. The Ainu: The Fascinating History Of The Indigenous People Of Ancient Japan — The World History Channel
8. The Ainu language - short history, plus a note about last speakers and pandemics — NativLang
9. THE AINU OF JAPAN- Bear Ceremony Documentary 1931 — KATANGA TV
10. Japan's indigenous Ainu people are fighting to reclaim their ancient rights | ABC News — ABC News (Australia)