Take Asai
Last fluent speaker of the Sakhalin Ainu language
About Take Asai
Lived 1902 – 1994 (aged 92). Take Asai was a Japanese and Russian.
or Tahkonanna (Ainu: タㇵコナンナ) (5 April 1902 – 30 April 1994) was the last fluent speaker of the Sakhalin Ainu language. She was born in Otasu Kotan (today near present-day ), then part of the Russian Empire. She moved to Rayciska (Raichishika, near present-day Uglegorsk) during her childhood. After World War II she was relocated to Hokkaido and toward the end of her life lived in an old-age home in Monbetsu, Hidaka, Hokkaido. She served as an informant with the Piłsudski Research Project and other ethnographic projects until her death in 1994.
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Who was Take Asai?
last fluent speaker of the Sakhalin Ainu language (1902–1994)
When was Take Asai born?
Take Asai was born on 5 April 1902 in Otasu.
When did Take Asai die?
Take Asai died on 30 April 1994 in Sapporo.
What nationality was Take Asai?
Take Asai was Japanese and Russian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Take Asai. https://biography.guide/take-asai/
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