Category:Ainu terms by usage

Ainu terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Ainu terms with archaic senses: Ainu terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Ainu archaic terms: Ainu terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:Ainu derogatory terms: Ainu terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Ainu dialectal terms: Ainu terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Ainu higher register terms: Ainu terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Ainu terms with obsolete senses: Ainu terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Ainu poetic terms: Ainu terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Ainu polite terms: Ainu polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Ainu terms with rare senses: Ainu terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:Ainu slang: Ainu colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Ainu vulgarities: Ainu terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.