Atayal people

E539983

Austronesian ethnic group ethnic group in Taiwan indigenous people

The Atayal people are one of Taiwan’s major indigenous Austronesian groups, known for their facial tattoo traditions, weaving, and distinct language and culture concentrated in the island’s northern and central mountain regions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Atayal	3
Atayal (historically overlapping classifications)	1
Atayal culture	1
Atayal-related peoples	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian ethnic group ⓘ ethnic group in Taiwan ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
autonym	Tayal NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialExperience	Japanese rule in Taiwan ⓘ
colonialPolicyImpact	regulation of facial tattooing ⓘ suppression of head-hunting ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalPractice	facial tattooing ⓘ head-hunting (historical) ⓘ weaving ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Austronesian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin-based orthography for Atayal language ⓘ
historicalRegion	Taiwanese highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
kinshipSystem	patrilineal descent ⓘ
language	Atayal language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Formosan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
modernIssue	cultural revitalization ⓘ land rights ⓘ language endangerment ⓘ
nativeName	Tayal NERFINISHED ⓘ Tayan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCulturalTrait	facial tattoos indicating adulthood and virtue ⓘ geometric textile patterns ⓘ
populationConcentration	central Taiwan ⓘ northern Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	indigenous people of Taiwan ⓘ
recognizedBy	Government of the Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Seediq people NERFINISHED ⓘ Truku people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ animism ⓘ
socialStructure	clan-based society ⓘ
subsistence	fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalBelief	ancestor worship ⓘ spirit world ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ loom weaving ⓘ textile weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrop	millet ⓘ sweet potato ⓘ taros ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	central mountain ranges of Taiwan ⓘ northern mountain ranges of Taiwan ⓘ
typicalHabitat	mountain regions of Taiwan ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Nantou County → hasIndigenousGroup → Atayal people ⓘ

Seediq → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atayal

Wushe → hasEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atayal (historically overlapping classifications)

indigenous peoples of Taiwan → recognizedGroup → Atayal people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atayal

Mona Rudao → ethnicity → Atayal people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atayal-related peoples

Atayalic languages → spokenBy → Atayal people ⓘ

Atayalic languages → areSpokenByEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atayal

Seediq people → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ

Seediq people → historicallyClassifiedWith → Atayal people ⓘ

Wulai District → hasIndigenousPeople → Atayal people ⓘ

Wulai District → knownFor → Atayal people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atayal culture