彼らの言葉には文字がなかったので、原住民は彫り物によって行いや出来事を表現したのである。

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English Translation

As their language had no written form, the natives expressed deeds and events in carvings.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らの言葉(ことば)には文字(もじ)がなかったので、原住民(げんじゅうみん)は彫(ほ)り物(もの)によって行(おこな)いや出来事(できごと)を表現(ひょうげん)したのである。

Romanji

Karera no kotoba ni wa moji ga nakatta node, genjūmin wa horimono niyotte okonai ya dekigoto o hyōgenshita no de aru.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

言葉 (ことば、けとば)

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

文字 (もじ、もんじ)

letter (of alphabet); character; literal

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

原住民 (げんじゅうみん)

native people; aboriginal; indigenous people

彫り物 (ほりもの)

carving; engraving; sculpture; tattooing

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

行い (おこない)

deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour; asceticism

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

出来事 (できごと、できこと)

incident; affair; happening; event

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

表現 (ひょうげん)

expression; presentation; representation; notation

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...