Only a small number of elderly women speak their language, which is similar to Turkic and Altaic tongues.
Only a small number of elderly women speak their language, which is similar to Turkic and Altaic tongues. Their culture is linked to the Jomon and focused on hunting and fishing before agriculture was forced on them. Their religion centers on sacrifice of a bear, who returns from death with gifts of fur and food. Samurai are thought to be descended from them, giving noble Japanese slightly distinct facial features. They can't now be distinguished by appearance, though they once sported round eyes, mustache-like tattoos on women and heavy beards on men. For ten points, name these indigenous people of Japan.
Only a small number of elderly women speak their language, which is similar to Turkic and Altaic tongues.
{Ainu}