Fulbe tribe - Fulbe (English spelling)

Japanese: フルベ族 - フルベぞく（英語表記）Fulbe

The Fulani are the inhabitants of the savannah region from the Central African Republic to Senegal. Their population is estimated at over 15 million. They speak Fulfulde, a Niger-Congo language. They were originally cattle herders, but as the economy changed, more and more of them became sedentary people who lived partly as farmers and partly as cattle herders. The social structure of the nomadic Fulbe is more egalitarian than the neighboring Hausa and sedentary Fulbe. They practice polygamy. Physically, they show non-black characteristics such as copper-colored skin, thin hooked noses, thin lips, and slim figures, but they have also intermarried with Negroids to a great extent. Some scholars believe that historically, they were a people who migrated westward from the Nile River basin along the southern edge of the Sahara. They became Muslims early on and played a major role in the spread of Islam in West Africa and the formation of various kingdoms.

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Japanese:

フラニ族 Fulaniともいう。中央アフリカ共和国からセネガルにいたるサバナ地帯の住民。人口は 1500万人をこえると推定される。言語はニジェール＝コンゴ語派に属するフルフルデ語を話す。本来は牛牧民であったが，経済の変化とともに，半農半牧の定住民となる者が増加した。社会構造は遊牧フルベは近隣のハウサ族や定住フルベと比べてきわだって平等主義をとっている。一夫多妻制である。形質的には赤銅色の皮膚，細い鉤鼻，薄い唇，細い体型などの非黒人的特徴を示すが，ニグロイドとの混血もかなり進んでいる。歴史的にはナイル川流域からサハラ南縁に沿って西方に移動した民族であると考える学者もいる。早くからイスラム教徒となり，西アフリカのイスラム教の伝播や諸王国の形成に大きな役割を果した。

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