Iru tribe - Iruzoku

Japanese: イル族 - いるぞく
Iru tribe - Iruzoku

...They speak the Runyankore language, a Bantu language. They are made up of the tall Nilotic Bahima (Hima) people, who raise the Ankole cattle, famous for their long horns, and the Bailu (Iru) people, agriculturalists with Bantu physical characteristics. It is said that the legendary Batshwezi dynasty was established in the northern part of Lake Victoria in the 15th century, but it soon collapsed, and the Hinda (Ruhinda) royal family formed the Ankole (Nkole) Kingdom, which rivaled the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom established by the Bitho royal family.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Iru tribe" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…バントゥー語系のルニャンコーレ語を話す。長い角で有名なアンコーレ牛を飼養するナイロート系の長身のバヒマ(ヒマ)族と,バントゥー系の身体特徴をそなえる農耕民のバイル(イル)族からなる。15世紀にビクトリア湖北方地域には伝説的なバチュウェジ王朝が成立したといわれるが,まもなく崩壊し,王族のうちのヒンダ(ルヒンダ)王族はアンコーレ(ヌコーレ)王国を形成し,ビト王族の形成したブニョロ・キタラ王国に対抗した。…

※「イル族」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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