Chopi

Japanese: Chopi
Chopi

...They had a paramount chief and a centralized political organization. The Chopi people who live along the coast are linguistically related to the Tonga people, but they do not raise cattle because of the tsetse fly that inhabits the tropical forests. They grow corn and kaffir corn as their staple food.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Chopi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…最高首長paramount chiefをいただき,中央集権的な政治組織をもっていた。沿岸地帯に住むチョピ族Chopiは言語的にトンガ族と近縁であるが,熱帯森林に分布するツェツェバエのため,牛は飼育しない。トウモロコシやカフィール・コーンを主食作物として栽培する。…

※「Chopi」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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