The inhabitants of this archipelago, which consists of 19 islands in the Bay of Bengal, are a mix of indigenous people, Malays, Burmese, and South Indians, and speak different Austroasiatic languages depending on the region. The majority of the population lives on the northernmost island, Car Nicobar. They trade palm nuts with the Malay Peninsula and other areas, and canoes and pottery are traded between the islands of the archipelago. The Shom Pen people who live in the interior of the southernmost island, Great Nicobar, have the custom of hunting and raising boars to use as sacrificial animals. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
ベンガル湾の 19島から成るこの諸島のうち,12島に居住する住民。在来の住民とマレー人,ビルマ人,南インド人との混血で,地域ごとに異なるオーストロアジア語族系の言語を話す。人口の大半は最北のカルニコバル島に住む。やしの実交易をマレー半島などと行い,諸島内の島々の間ではカヌーと陶器の交易が行われる。最南のグレートニコバル島の奥地に住むショム・ペン族は,狩猟でとらえたいのししを飼育し,供犠獣とする慣習をもつ。
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