In Japan, only eight elderly people spoke Ainu on Hokkaido Island by the late 1980s after decades of official neglect, but promotional policies have since revived the language.

• 在日本，由于政府数十年的漠视，到80年代晚期全国会说阿伊努语的已经只有生活在北海道岛的8位老人，但此后政府的鼓励政策又使这种语言得到了新生。