Imazigh

Japanese: Imazighen
Imazigh

The name Berber is said to come from the Latin word barbarus, which means uncivilized people living outside the Roman world. They call themselves Imazighen (singular Amazigh, meaning "people of noble birth"). Racially, they belong to the Caucasian race, but there is a wide range of variation in both physique and appearance, and they are divided into four sub-races.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Imazighen" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ベルベルという呼称は,ラテン語のバルバルスbarbarus(ローマ世界の外に住む文明化されていない人間を指す)に由来するともいわれる。彼ら自身は,イマジゲンImazighen(単数Amazigh,〈高貴な出の人間〉の意)などと自称する。人種的にはコーカソイド(白色人種群)に属するが,体格・容貌ともに変異の幅が大きく,四つの亜人種型に分けられる。…

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