Ul'chi people - Ul'chi people (English spelling)

Japanese: ウリチ族 - ウリチぞく（英語表記）Ul’chi

They are an indigenous people living in the Khabarovsk region of the Russian Far East, calling themselves the Nani. Population: 3,200 (1989). They live in the lower reaches of the Amur River, bordering the Nivkh people (formerly known as Gilyak) in the north, and living in mixed villages with the Nanai people (formerly known as Gorid) in the south. They also once traveled to southern Sakhalin, and in places they mixed with the Ainu and Nivkh people, leaving traces of assimilation. They speak Ulich, a language closely related to the Nanai language, which belongs to the Tungusic-Manchu language family, and generally share a common culture with other peoples in the Amur River basin who speak languages of this family.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ロシア連邦の極東地域，ハバロフスク地方に住む先住民で，自称はナニ。人口3200(1989)。居住地はアムール川の下流域にあたり，北ではニブヒ族(旧称ギリヤーク)に接し，南ではナナイ族(旧称ゴリド)と混住村をなしていた。また，かつては南サハリンにも往来し，所々でアイヌやニブヒ族などと混在，同化の痕跡を残している。ツングース･満州語派に属するナナイ語に近縁のウリチ語を話し，アムール川流域のこの語派の言語を使用する他の諸族と，全体的には共通の文化をもっていた。

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