Galla

Japanese: Galla
Galla

The Galla people are also known as the Galla people. They live in a wide area of ​​Ethiopia, from the central-western (Shoa, Walaga), central-eastern (Harar), and southern (Arsi, Bale, Sidamo) regions to northern (Marsabit) and eastern (Tana River basin) Kenya. They are of the Eastern Lowland Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and speak the same language, Galinyan.

From [Cushitic languages]

…In ancient times, “Cush” was the name given to the region upstream of the Nile River. It includes over 40 languages, including Oromo (also known as Galla, with approximately 8 million speakers, mainly in Ethiopia), Somali (approximately 5 million speakers in Somalia and elsewhere), Beja (Sudan, Ethiopia), Afar (Ethiopia, Djibouti), Sidamo, and Agau (both Ethiopia). …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…エチオピア中西部(ショア,ワラガ地方),中東部(ハラール地方)および南部(アルシ,バレ,シダモ地方)からケニア北部(マルサビット地方),東部(タナ川流域)にわたる広い地域に住む。ガラGalla族とも呼ばれる。その言語は,アフロ・アジア語族の低地東クシ系に属し,いずれも同一の言語ガリニヤを話す。…

【クシ諸語】より

…古く〈クシ〉とはナイル川上流地域を指した名称である。オロモ語Oromo(別名ガラ語Galla。エチオピアを中心に話者は約800万),ソマリ語Somali(ソマリアなどで約500万)をはじめとし,ベジャ語Beja(スーダン,エチオピア),アファル語Afar(エチオピア,ジブチ),シダモ語Sidamo,アガウ語Agau(ともにエチオピア)など40余りの言語が含まれる。…

※「Galla」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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