Hayato (people)

Hayato (people)

The Hayato ( _ja. 隼人) were a people of ancient Japan, believed to have lived in Ōsumi region, the south of Kyūshū, until at least the Nara period. Some scholars suggest that the Hayato people were closely related to Malay/Polynesian people. [Kakubayashi, Fumio. 隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族' [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110000577490/en/ "Hayato : An Austronesian speaking tribe in southern Japan".] '. "The bulletin of the Institute for Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University", 3, pp.15-31 ISSN:13417207.] The Kumaso seem to be their distant cousin as well.Fact|date=February 2008 The Kagoshima dialect of Japanese might show influences of the Hayato language.Fact|date=February 2008 It is widely believed that the majority of the Hayato people migrated to modern day Shimizu, a town in Shizuoka prefecture.Fact|date=February 2008

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