Armenian - Armenian (English spelling)

Japanese: アルメニア人 - アルメニアじん（英語表記）Armenian

They are the main inhabitants of Armenia, located between Asia Minor and the Caspian Sea, and account for more than 90% of the country's population (about 3.2 million people). In addition, about 340,000 people live in neighboring Azerbaijan, about 380,000 in Georgia, and about 370,000 in Russia, within the former Soviet Union. An estimated 5 million Armenians live abroad in the Middle East and Europe. Armenians have characteristic traits such as a short head, black hair, black eyes, thick body hair, and hooked noses, but there are some differences between the south and the north. Their language belongs to the Indo-European family. Their religion was influenced by ancient Iranian religion, but in the early 4th century, they adopted Gregorianism, the oldest branch of ancient Christianity, as the state religion, and this church is the center of ethnic unity. Traditionally, they have a large family system consisting of several households of 60 to 80 people. Furthermore, conflict continues between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in Azerbaijan, where the majority of the population is Armenian.

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Japanese:

小アジアとカスピ海にはさまれたアルメニアの基幹住民で，同国人口の 90%以上 (約 320万人) を占める。そのほか，旧ソ連領内では，隣接するアゼルバイジャンに約 34万人，ジョージア（グルジア）に約 38万人，ロシアに約 37万人が居住。在外アルメニア人は中東や欧米にも推定 500万人が居住。アルメニア人は短頭，黒髪，黒い瞳で，濃い体毛，鉤鼻などの形質的特徴をもつが，南部と北部では多少の相違点をもつ。言語はインド＝ヨーロッパ語族に属する。宗教は古代イラン宗教の影響を受けていたが，4世紀初め古代キリスト教の最古の一派であるグレゴリウス派を国教に採用し，この教会が民族的団結の中心となっている。伝統的には，60～80人の数世帯で構成される大家族制をとる。なお，アルメニア人が人口の多くを占めるアゼルバイジャンのナゴルノカラバフ自治州をめぐって，アゼルバイジャンとアルメニアの間で対立が続いている。

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