蛮ばん語ご

noun

language of the Emishi

Archaic term for the language spoken by the Emishi people, an ancient ethnic group in northeastern Japan.

See also: 蝦夷

• 古こ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、蝦夷えみしの話はなす蛮ばん語ごについての記き述じゅつが残のこっている。

  Ancient documents contain descriptions of the barbarian language spoken by the Emishi.

noun

nanban languages (Edo period)

Archaic term for European languages encountered during the Edo period, especially Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch, associated with the 'southern barbarians' (南蛮).

See also: 南蛮

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、南なん蛮ばん貿ぼう易えきで伝つたわった蛮ばん語ごにはポルトガル語ごやスペイン語ごがあった。

  During the Edo period, the barbarian languages introduced through nanban trade included Portuguese and Spanish.

noun

foreign language (archaic)

Archaic general term for any foreign language, often with a derogatory nuance of 'barbarian tongue'. Rare in modern usage.

• 幕ばく末まつの武ぶ士しは、蛮ばん語ごを学まなぶことに抵てい抗こうを感かんじる者ものも多おおかった。

  Many samurai at the end of the Edo period felt resistance to learning foreign languages.