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The Tutsi (; ), or Abatutsi, are a population inhabiting the African Great Lakes region. Historically, they were often referred to as the Watutsi,〔(''Collins English Dictionary'' )〕 Watusi,〔 Wahuma or the Wahima. The Tutsi form a subgroup of the Banyarwanda and the Barundi peoples, who reside primarily in Rwanda and Burundi, but with significant populations also found in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. They speak Rwanda-Rundi, a group of Bantu languages. The Tutsi are the second largest population division among the three largest groups in Rwanda and Burundi; the other two being the Hutu (largest) and the Twa (smallest). Small numbers of Hema, Kiga and Furiiru people also live near the Tutsi in Rwanda. The Northern Tutsi that reside in Rwanda are called Ruguru (Banyaruguru), while southern Tutsi that live in Burundi are known as Hima, and the Tutsi that inhabit the Kivu plateau in the Congo go by Banyamulenge.〔http://orvillejenkins.com/peoples/tutsiandhutu.html〕 ==Origins and classification== The definitions of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" people may have changed through time and location. Social structures were not stable throughout Rwanda, even during colonial times under the Belgian rule. The Tutsi aristocracy or elite was distinguished from Tutsi commoners, and wealthy Hutu were often indistinguishable from upper-class Tutsi. When the European colonists conducted censuses, they wanted to identify the people throughout Rwanda-Burundi according to a simple classification scheme. They defined "Tutsi" as anyone owning more than ten cows (a sign of wealth) or with the physical feature of a longer nose, or longer neck, commonly associated with the Tutsi. The Europeans believed that some Tutsis had facial characteristics that were generally atypical of other Bantus. They sought to explain these purported divergent physical traits by postulating admixture with or partial descent from migrants of Caucasoid stock, who usually were said to have arrived in the Great Lakes region from the Horn of Africa and/or North Africa.〔International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, Africa, Volume 76, (Oxford University Press., 2006), pg 135.〕〔(Josh Kron, "Shooting star of the continent" ), ''Haaretz'', 14 September 2010, accessed 14 September 2010〕 By contrast, the Europeans considered the majority Hutu to be characteristic Bantu people of Central African origin. The Tutsi have lived in the areas where they are for thousands of years, leading to considerable intermarriage with the Bantu / Hutu people in the area. Due to the history of intermingling and intermarrying of Hutus and Tutsis, ethnographers and historians have lately come to agree that Hutu and Tutsis cannot be properly called distinct ethnic groups.〔Philip Gourevitch,〕〔http://www.preventgenocide.org/edu/pastgenocides/rwanda/indangamuntu.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tutsi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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