Are Ainu white? A probe into the origin of Ainu people in Japan

Ainu introduction: There are 20,000 Ainu people in the north of Hokkaido, the coldest place in Japan. In Japan, they are a weak nation and their culture is a weak culture. But Ainu people are the earliest settlers on the island of Japan.

What are the Ainu people like?

From the perspective of ethnology and linguistics, Ainu people are not only different from Japanese, but also very different from other nationalities in the Far East. Some people speculate that Ainu people are descendants of Mongols. The feature of Mongols is that they have no hair on their faces, while Ainu people are full of beards and thick hair. Ainu people in Japan can't be classified as Europa people because their skin is not white but yellow and their faces are flat. Ainu language is also very unique, and scientists have not found any language similar to Ainu people so far.

The origin of Ainu people

According to legend, the ancestors of Ainu people in Japan drifted to this island from somewhere in the west. On this basis, it is assumed that Ainu people originally lived in the mainland, and were later pushed out to the island by Mongolian tribes. The migration route may be through Korea and Tsushima Island to Honshu, and then to Hokkaido.

Another hypothesis holds that Ainu people belong to European nations and their language belongs to Indo-European family. The third hypothesis holds that the Ainu people's hometown should be in the south, on the island of Oceania. It has been suggested that the close relatives of Ainu people are Australian aborigines.