Kanuri people - Kanuri people (English spelling)

Japanese: カヌリ族 - カヌリぞく（英語表記）Kanuri

A tall black ethnic group living in the Bornu region of northeastern Nigeria and along the western shore of Lake Chad. The population is estimated at about 4 million. They speak Kanuri, a Nairo-Saharan language. They have been Muslim since the 11th century and respect the "Malikites Code," and in the 16th century they flourished the Bornu Empire. They are agriculturalists but also traders, with the trading city of Maiduguri being their center. Society is stratified, with the Shehu family, who control the religious government, forming the royal family, and there is also an aristocratic class. Most are commoners, but there was also a slave class before colonization. Kinship groups are not important, and the wealthy upper class heads of households are the center of many people. They practice polygamy and have up to four wives. Each wife has her own house and lives within one compound.

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Japanese:

ナイジェリア北東部のボルヌ地方からチャド湖西岸にかけて住む長身の黒人民族。人口約 400万と推定される。言語はナイロ＝サハラ語族のカヌリ語を話す。 11世紀以来イスラム教徒で「マリカイト法典」を重んじ，16世紀にはボルヌ帝国を栄えさせた。農耕民であるが商業にも通じ，交易都市マイドゥグリはその中心地。社会は階級化され，祭政を握るシェフ一家が王家を形成し，さらに貴族階級がある。大部分は平民であるが，植民地化されるまでは奴隷階級もあった。親族集団は重要ではなく，富裕な上層の世帯主が多くの人々の中心となる。一夫多妻制で4人まで妻をもつ。妻たちはそれぞれの家をもち，1つの屋敷内に住む。

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