Caribbean peoples

Japanese: カリブ語系諸族 - かりぶごけいしょぞく
Caribbean peoples

...the indigenous people of North and South America. In anthropology, it refers to the ethnic groups excluding the Eskimo and Aleut, but in general it may include them. In Japan, it is common to call the indigenous people of North America American Indians and the indigenous people of Central and South America Indios. The name Indios comes from the fact that Columbus, who discovered the New World, believed it to be the Indies and wrote the indigenous people as Indios in his report to the King of Spain. They are also called Amerindians or Amerinds.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Caribbean language peoples" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南・北両アメリカの原住民。人類学上はエスキモーとアレウト族を除く諸民族のことをいうが,一般には含める場合もある。そのなかで,北アメリカの原住民をアメリカ・インディアン,中南米の原住民をインディオと呼ぶのが日本では普通である。インディオという呼称は,新大陸を発見したコロンブスが,そこをインディアスと信じ,スペイン国王への報告書に原住民のことをインディオと書いたことに由来する。別称として〈アメリンディアンAmerindian〉〈アメリンドAmerind〉ともいう。…

※「カリブ語系諸族」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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