Ainu or Aynu may refer to: Ainu people, an East Asian ethnic group of Japan and the Russian Far East Ainu languages, a family of languages Ainu language of Hokkaido Kuril Ainu language, extinct language of the Kuril Islands Sakhalin Ainu language, extinct language from the island of Sakhalin Ainu music Ainu cuisine Ainu (Middle-earth), spirit in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium Ainu (insect), a beetle in the family Tenebrionidae Äynu people, of Western China Äynu language See also Äynu (disambiguation) Ainur (disambiguation) Aino (disambiguation) Language and nationality disambiguation pages