Dinka people - Dinka people (English spelling)

Japanese: ディンカ族 - ディンカぞく（英語表記）Dinka

A Nilo-speaking cattle pastoralist who lives in the savannah along the Nile River in northern South Sudan. The population was over 4 million in the early 21st century. In the dry season, they graze their cattle along the river, and in the rainy season, they return to their hilltop settlements to cultivate corn. The smallest unit of social organization is the extended family, but as political units, nomadic camps are grouped together into sub-segments, which form many social groups numbering between 1,000 and 30,000. These groups are dispersed and autonomous, and do not have a chief. Traditionally, priests, who are the spiritual leaders of the groups as recognized in mythology, are derived from each patrilineal clan. Cattle are central to their value not only economically, but also as bride prices and sacrificial animals.

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Japanese:

南スーダン北部のナイル川沿岸のサバナに居住するナイル語系の牛牧民。人口は 21世紀初頭で 400万人以上。乾季には川辺でウシの放牧を行ない，雨季には丘上の定住地に帰り，トウモロコシ栽培を行なう。複合家族が社会組織の最小単位であるが，政治単位としては遊牧キャンプが集まって下位分節となり，それらが 1000～3万人の多くの社会集団を形成する。これらの集団は分散して自律的単位をなし，首長をもたない。伝統的に神話で認められた集団の精神的指導者である祭司は，各父系氏族から出る。ウシは経済上ばかりでなく，婚資，犠牲獣ともなる価値の中心である。

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