Putun (English spelling)

Japanese: Putún(英語表記)Putun
Putun (English spelling)

… Until their downfall in 1524 by the Spanish army led by Pedro de Alvarado, the Quiché formed a vast kingdom and had 11 successive kings. The Quiché kingdom was founded by a marginal Toltec tribe called Putún, who invaded the Guatemalan highlands in the 13th century from the Tabasco lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico, up the Usumacinta River. Although the indigenous Quiché language of the region absorbed the Chontal Nahuatl language of the invaders in terms of language, Putún conquered the region, which was backward at the time, militarily and culturally, and established an emirate. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Putún" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 1524年にペドロ・デ・アルバラードが率いるスペイン軍に滅ぼされるまで,キチェーは広大な版図を誇る王国を形成し,11代の王を継承していた。キチェー王国を築いたのは,13世紀にメキシコ湾岸のタバスコ低地からウスマシンタ川をさかのぼってグアテマラ高地に侵入した,プトゥンPutúnと呼ばれる周辺的なトルテカ族である。言語面ではこの地方の土着語キチェー語が侵入者のチョンタル・ナワ語を吸収したものの,プトゥンは当時後進的だったこの地域を軍事的・文化的に制圧して首長国を築いた。…

※「Putún」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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