Save the Ainu language

Brief Background
Region: Asia
Country: Japan
Speakers: 15 in Japan
Ethnic population: 15,000 in Japan

People and Culture
This language is one of the dialects spoken in Hokkaido, one of the islands of Japan. It is one of the nineteen dialects spoken on the same island. It is classified as an isolated language and it is not as if people are dying who speak it. Over time people who spoke the language in it's pure form are old and dying since it originated in 1897. But the language itself isn't disappearing it is just being adopted into regular Japanese. Over time it has evolved to become more and more like Japanese and it evolving to be the same as the main language. The dialects are not needed anymore since people find it easier to get from island to mainland and need to be able to communicate.
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ain

Why save the Ainu language?
They write in Katakana script which is very important to understand for the people of Japan and the islands. It is true to Japanese culture, and all of  the historical documents and ancient sources are written in Katakana. It is still being taught in schools but more people are finding a simpler writing system and learning different languages such as english and mandarin for business and trading purposes.
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ain
https://www.google.com/search?q=katakana+script&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=SmdXT47YJ8Ls0gG2sqDlDw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CA0Q_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=667

Image
This is an example of the Katakana language that they are taught how to use when writing their names.

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