Äynu

Also known as Abdal language, Äynu language, Ejnu language, Ainu, Aini language, Aini, Abdal, Ejnu

Turkic cryptolect spoken in Western China

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Vinony's link graph records 522 inbound references to Äynu, and connects out to Uzbek, Uzbeks and Uyghur Arabic alphabet.

It sits within the topics Agglutinative languages, Cant languages and Karluk languages.

Vinony links it to 41 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Pronunciation: Ainu pronunciation: [ ɛjˈnu ]
Native to: China
Region: Xinjiang
Ethnicity: Äynu
Native speakers: 12,000 (2017)
Language family: Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Eastern Karluk Äynu
Writing system: Arabic script
Iso 639 3: aib
Glottolog: ainu1251
Elp: Ainu (China)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: cant
Subclass of: Eastern Karluk
Country: China

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topic's main category: Category:Äynu language
linguistic typology: agglutinative language
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 12000
indigenous to: Xinjiang
different from: Ainu
exact match: wacl.clld.org/languages/ainu1251
described at URL: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=ain
Commons category: Äynu language
native label: پارىس

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Encyclopedic overview

Äynu (also known as Abdal) is a Turkic cryptolect spoken in Western China. It is spoken by the Äynu, a nomadic people, who use it to keep their communications secret from outsiders.

The grammar of Äynu is mostly Turkic, essentially Uyghur, while its vocabulary is mainly derived from Persian and other Iranian languages. Some linguists call it a mixed language, but other linguists argue that it does not meet the technical requirements of a mixed language.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Äynu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.