Bantu does not refer to a single tribe, but is a general term for people who speak languages that belong to the Bantu language group, and may be called the Bantu-speaking peoples. Bantu languages are distributed over a wide area, covering one-third of the African continent, from Cameroon in western Africa to eastern and southern Africa. The total population is said to be 45 million, and there are more than 600 different languages. The Bantu probably originated in the Benue River basin around the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, but are thought to have migrated southeast before Christ and entered the tropical rainforests of the Congo Basin. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
バントゥーというのは単独の部族をさすのではなく,バントゥー諸語に含まれる言語を話す人々の総称で,バントゥー語系諸族といってもよい。バントゥー諸語の分布は,アフリカ西部のカメルーンからアフリカ東部,さらにアフリカ南部までというように,アフリカ大陸の1/3という広い範囲に広がっている。その全体の人口は4500万,言語の数は600以上に分かれるという。バントゥーはおそらくナイジェリアとカメルーンの国境周辺のベヌエ川流域に起源地をもったが,紀元前に南東に移住し,コンゴ盆地の熱帯降雨林に入り込んだと考えられる。
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