Tsou

E560015

Austronesian ethnic group indigenous people

The Tsou are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group of Taiwan known for their traditional social organization, rich oral traditions, and historical presence in the central mountainous regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tsou canonical	1
Tsouic	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy	Han Chinese expansion ⓘ Japanese rule in Taiwan ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritageStatus	protected under Taiwanese indigenous cultural policies ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice	communal house traditions ⓘ communal hunting ⓘ male meeting house institution ⓘ
hasDance	ceremonial dances ⓘ war dances ⓘ
hasEconomy	hunting and gathering (historical) ⓘ tea and tourism (contemporary, partial) ⓘ traditional swidden agriculture ⓘ
hasMusic	polyphonic choral singing ⓘ ritual songs ⓘ
hasOralTradition	heroic epics ⓘ myths of origins ⓘ ritual chants ⓘ
hasPoliticalRepresentation	recognized indigenous constituency in Taiwan ⓘ
hasRitual	Mayasvi ceremony ⓘ harvest rituals ⓘ head-hunting rituals (historical) ⓘ
hasSocialOrganization	age-set system ⓘ clan-based structure ⓘ
hasSubgroup	northern Tsou communities ⓘ southern Tsou communities ⓘ
hasTraditionalHousing	stone foundations ⓘ wooden houses ⓘ
knownFor	rich oral traditions ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ warrior traditions ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageStatus	endangered language community ⓘ
populationTrend	declining number of fluent Tsou speakers ⓘ
recognizedAs	indigenous people of Taiwan ⓘ
relatedGroup	Bunun NERFINISHED ⓘ Paiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Rukai NERFINISHED ⓘ other Formosan indigenous peoples ⓘ
speaks	Tsou language NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Alishan area NERFINISHED ⓘ central mountainous regions of Taiwan ⓘ
traditionalReligion	ancestor worship ⓘ animism ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin-based orthography for Tsou language ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

indigenous peoples of Taiwan → recognizedGroup → Tsou ⓘ

Tsouic languages → alsoKnownAs → Tsou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tsouic