...hunter-gatherers who live in the far north from the Bering Strait region to Alaska, the Canadian Arctic coast, Labrador, and Greenland. The name comes from the Abnaki and Ojibwe words of the Algonquin Indians, which mean "people who eat raw meat." The Canadian Eskimos refer to themselves as "Inuit," which means "people," and this is the name they use officially today. In Alaska, the common name is Eskimo, and in Greenland, the common name is Kalaallit. *Some of the terminology that refers to "Eskimo music" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ベーリング海峡地域から,アラスカ,カナダの北極海沿岸,ラブラドル,グリーンランドにいたる極北地方に居住する採集狩猟民。名称はアルゴンキン系インディアンのアブナキ語やオジブワ語などの〈生肉を食べる人〉を意味する語に由来する。カナダのエスキモーは〈ひと〉という意味の〈イヌイットInuit〉で自己を表現し,現在では公的にもこれが用いられている。また,アラスカではエスキモーが,グリーンランドではカラーリットKalaallitが一般的呼称とされている。… ※「エスキーモー音楽」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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