So for fanfic-related reasons, I want to learn Ainu-Itak. But I'm having trouble finding even decent sources on Ainu-Itak grammar (I can learn the script all I want, but you can't write a language without grammar). Which I'm pretty sure is because the Ainu generally haven't been treated well to understate it.
Now I've also had problems learning new languages, but I still wanted to try. So I looked up if I could find books or something where Ainu-Itak was explained in a way that somebody who knows English can learn it. I'm sporadically trying to learn Japanese (which I'm noting cause I think there might be more sources in Japanese cause it's an Indigenous culture mostly located in Japan), for more reasons than this, but I still suck at it.
As you may guess, I found a book that was 380+ Euros. Even the cheaper book I found was 50+ Euros.
...I'm just confused, honestly.
Like did I find a school textbook?
Either way, I'll contemplate buying the 50+ Euro one & hope & pray my parents don't question it.
Now I've also had problems learning new languages, but I still wanted to try. So I looked up if I could find books or something where Ainu-Itak was explained in a way that somebody who knows English can learn it. I'm sporadically trying to learn Japanese (which I'm noting cause I think there might be more sources in Japanese cause it's an Indigenous culture mostly located in Japan), for more reasons than this, but I still suck at it.
As you may guess, I found a book that was 380+ Euros. Even the cheaper book I found was 50+ Euros.
...I'm just confused, honestly.
Like did I find a school textbook?
Either way, I'll contemplate buying the 50+ Euro one & hope & pray my parents don't question it.
no subject
Date: 2023-09-05 08:02 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2023-09-06 05:35 am (UTC)From:I understand why it's expensive one way or another. But my current economic flow will not allow me to actually buy the books that might teach me the language. I don't have to worry about money too much since I still live with my parents, but my job isn't paying me well so buying the expensive book would put me in debt (& I doubt my parents would be happy for me to buy a 380+ euro book).
Guess it's just gonna be another reason to learn Japanese...
no subject
Date: 2023-09-06 03:15 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2023-09-06 04:32 pm (UTC)From: