ከብዙ ዓመታት በፊት፣ በሰሜናዊ ጃፓን የሚነገር የኤኑ ቋንቋ በማዕከላዊው መንግሥት ግፊት ሊጠፋ ተቃርቦ ነበር፡፡
Several thousand years old, the Ainu language spoken in northern Japan was dying out due to political pressure from the central government.