Chamorro - Chamorro (English spelling)

Japanese: チャモロ族 - チャモロぞく（英語表記）Chamorro

A slang term for the inhabitants of the Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Their language is a member of the Indonesian branch of the Austronesian family. They are thought to have originally been close to the people of the Western Caroline Islands, but since ancient times they have intermarried with the Spanish and Filipinos, and there are hardly any pure-blooded people left today. They were Catholicized early on, and as a result of the dramatic population decline in the 18th century, their unique religion and social organization were completely destroyed, and their manners and customs were Westernized. They once had a three-tiered social hierarchy and a matrilineal clan organization, and are said to have operated boats called matas with outriggers and triangular matting sails. They are famous for their colonnaded megalithic ruins called latte.

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Japanese:

ミクロネシアのマリアナ諸島の住民をさす俗称。言語はオーストロネシア語族のインドネシア語派に属する。元来は，西カロリン諸島民に近い人々であったと考えられるが，古くよりスペイン人およびフィリピン人との混血が進み，純血の者はもはや今日ではほとんど存在しない。早くからカトリック化され，さらに 18世紀の著しい人口減少の結果，固有の宗教，社会組織はまったく破壊され，風俗，習慣も西欧化するにいたった。かつては3段階から成る社会階層と母系氏族組織をもっており，むしろの三角帆を張ったアウトリガー付きのマタという舟をあやつっていたといわれる。ラッテと呼ばれる列柱状の巨石遺跡が有名である。

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