Shilluk people - Shilluk tribe (English spelling)

Japanese: シルック族 - シルックぞく（英語表記）Shilluk

A tribe living on the west bank of the Nile River in northeastern Africa and southern Sudan. Culturally they belong to the Nilotic people and speak one of the Shari-Nilo languages of the Nilo-Saharan family. The population was 120,000 in the mid-1970s. They are sedentary agriculturalists who grow sorghum, their staple food, as well as finger millet, okra, beans, sesame, and watermelon. They also raise livestock, raising cattle, goats, and sheep. At marriage, cattle are considered particularly important as a bride price paid by the husband to the wife. Livestock rearing, milking, and hunting are men's work, while both men and women work in agriculture.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アフリカ北東部，スーダン南部のナイル川西岸に住む種族で，文化的にはナイロティック民族に属し，ナイル･サハラ語族のシャリ･ナイル諸語の一つを話す。人口は1970年代中ごろで12万人。定住農耕民で，主食のモロコシのほか，シコクビエ，オクラ，マメ類，ゴマ，スイカを栽培する。また，牧畜も行い，牛，ヤギ，羊を飼う。結婚の際，夫側が妻側に支払う花嫁代償として，とくに牛が重要とされる。家畜の飼育，搾乳，狩猟は男の仕事であり，農耕は男女ともが従事する。

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