Ondo Kingdom

Japanese: オンド王国 - おんどおうこく
Ondo Kingdom

...an ethnic group living in the area of ​​West Africa stretching from Nigeria to the People's Republic of Benin and Togo. With a total population of 15 million (1973), more than 90% of them live in southwestern Nigeria. Their language (Yoruba) belongs to the Kwa group of the Niger-Kordofan language family. They are an agricultural people whose main crops are yams, cassava, and corn, but they have traditionally formed large urban settlements and developed their own political organizations (according to 1931 statistics, 80% of the total population was concentrated in settlements with a population of 2,000 or more, and 35% lived in cities with a population of 20,000 or more).

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Ondo Kingdom" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西アフリカのナイジェリアからベニン人民共和国,トーゴにかけての地域に住む民族。総人口1500万(1973)で,その9割以上はナイジェリア南西部に居住している。言語(ヨルバ語)はニジェール・コルドファン語族のクワ語群に属する。ヤムイモ,キャッサバ,トウモロコシなどを主作物とする農耕民であるが,伝統的に大規模な都市的集落を形成し,独自の政治組織を発達させてきた(1931年の統計では人口2000以上の集落に全人口の80%が集中し,人口2万以上の都市の居住者も35%に達した)。…

※「オンド王国」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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