Collection of papers concerning the history and possible genetic relationships of the Ainu language. There is also a collection of e-mail correspondence concerning the topic.

Survey of the language, with extensive discussion of its potential linguistic relationships and the origin of the Ainu people.

Basic sentences and numerals in Ainu, with corresponding downloadable sound files and English equivalents. Bilingual site (Japanese and English). Also, some sociolinguistic information on the language.

Bibliography of books, papers, journals and newsletters (mostly written in Japanese) about the Ainu language.

Life story of John Batchelor (1854-1944), the Englishman who became the first westerner to learn the Ainu language, write its grammar in English, and make the Ainu known in the western world.

Article by Tjeerd de Graaf including word lists.

An article by Edo Nyland discussing the possible relationship between Ainu and Basque, with extensive word lists.