Negrillo

Japanese: Negrillo
Negrillo

...They are sometimes called the Khoisan race. On the other hand, the pygmies are also called Negrillos, and are short, 137-159 cm tall, have yellowish-brown or light brown skin, brown eyes, a medium head (index 79), a long body and short legs, hair, and a face with a concave nose. Originally, most of the continent was occupied by the San and pygmies, but the forests along the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa were home to black people (Nigroids), and there were Cushitic people along the Red Sea in the northeast, Nilo-Saharan people in the upper reaches of the Nile River to the west, and people of Ham-Semite descent such as Berbers and Egyptians along the Mediterranean coast to the Arabian Peninsula.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Negrillo" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…彼らをコイサン人種と呼ぶこともある。他方,ピグミーはネグリロNegrilloとも呼ばれ,身長137~159cmの短身,皮膚は黄褐色ないし淡褐色で,目の色は褐色,頭型は短頭にちかい中頭(指数79),胴長短足,体毛があり,鼻根がへこんだ顔つきである。もと大陸の大部分はサンとピグミーが占めていたが,西アフリカのギニア湾沿いの森林には黒人(ニグロイド)の故地があり,また北東部の紅海沿いにクシ系人,その西のナイル川上流にナイル・サハラ系人,そして地中海沿岸からアラビア半島にかけてベルベル,エジプト人など,ハム・セム系の人たちが分布していた。…

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