indigenous peoples of Taiwan

E133219

Austronesian peoples ethnic group indigenous people

The indigenous peoples of Taiwan are the island’s original Austronesian-speaking inhabitants, comprising diverse ethnic groups with distinct languages, cultures, and histories predating Han Chinese settlement.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
indigenous peoples of Taiwan canonical	4
Taiwanese indigenous peoples	2
Hoanya people of western Taiwan	1
Indigenous peoples in Taiwan	1
Indigenous peoples of Taiwan	1
Puyuma Indigenous people of Taiwan	1
Taiwan indigenous peoples	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian peoples ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
autonym	Yuanzhumin (原住民) ⓘ
consideredBySomeScholars	possible origin point of Austronesian peoples ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
culturalDiversity	multiple distinct cultures and traditions ⓘ
facedIssue	cultural assimilation policies ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ language endangerment ⓘ
formerExonym	Gaoshan people ⓘ
geographicDistribution	central mountain ranges of Taiwan ⓘ eastern Taiwan ⓘ offshore islands of Taiwan ⓘ southern Taiwan ⓘ
haveCulturalPractice	communal houses (in some groups) ⓘ head-hunting (historically, in some groups) ⓘ tattooing (in some groups) ⓘ
historicalLanguageStatus	languages historically dominant in Taiwan before large-scale Han migration ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
legalCategory	Indigenous peoples (Taiwan) under ROC law ⓘ
linguisticDiversity	multiple distinct Austronesian languages ⓘ
mainReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Taoism ⓘ animism ⓘ
movement	indigenous rights movement in Taiwan ⓘ
officialStatus	indigenous peoples ⓘ
politicalRepresentation	reserved seats in the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan ⓘ
populationEstimate	over 500,000 ⓘ
populationShare	about 2–3% of Taiwan’s population ⓘ
predate	Han Chinese settlement in Taiwan ⓘ
protectedBy	Indigenous Peoples Basic Law (Taiwan) ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of Taiwan ⓘ surface form: Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
recognizedGroup	Amis ⓘ Atayal people ⓘ surface form: Atayal Bunun people ⓘ surface form: Bunun Hla’alua ⓘ Kanakanavu ⓘ Kavalan ⓘ Paiwan ⓘ Puyuma ⓘ Rukai people ⓘ surface form: Rukai Saisiyat ⓘ Sakizaya ⓘ Seediq ⓘ Thao ⓘ Truku ⓘ Tsou ⓘ Yami (Tao) ⓘ
recognizedGroupCount	16 recognized indigenous groups ⓘ
region	Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Island
relatedTo	Austronesian expansion ⓘ
subjectTo	Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan ⓘ Qing dynasty rule in Taiwan ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China rule in Taiwan
traditionalBelief	ancestor worship ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
traditionalDress	distinctive woven textiles ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	fishing ⓘ handicrafts ⓘ hunting ⓘ swidden agriculture ⓘ weaving ⓘ
traditionalMusic	mouth harp (in some groups) ⓘ polyphonic singing (in some groups) ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kominka movement → targetedGroup → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

Formosan languages → spokenBy → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

Tao people → isPartOf → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

Musha Incident → relatedTopic → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples in Taiwan

Wushe → inhabitedBy → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan indigenous peoples

Han Taiwanese → contrastedWith → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwanese indigenous peoples

Amis language → spokenBy → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of Taiwan

Seediq people → subgroupOf → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwanese indigenous peoples

Puyuma language → languageOf → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puyuma Indigenous people of Taiwan

Hoanya language → historicalCommunity → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hoanya people of western Taiwan

Taoyuan City → hasEthnicGroup → indigenous peoples of Taiwan ⓘ