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TAIWAN Folklore GRUPPI ETNICI INDIGENI Aborigeni taiwanesi - Gaoshan ( Gaoshan Z�, GS) Ami (Pangcah) Atayal (Tayal, Tayan) Bunun Kavalan Paiwan Puyuma Rukai Saisiyat (Saisiat) Tao (Yami) Thao Tsou (Cou) Truku (Taroko) Babuza Basay Hoanya Ketagalan ) Luilang Pazeh/Kaxabu (Pazih) Popora Qauqaut Siraya Taokas Trobiawan General information Total population 2006: 458,000 (CIP 2006) Taiwan Mountainous terrain running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island Narrow eastern plains Orchid Island (L�n Yu) Languages 14 living Formosan languages. Several of these are endangered or moribund. Tribes Recognized Amis Atayal Bunun Kavalan Paiwan Puyuma Rukai Saisiyat Sakizaya Seediq Tao Thao Tsou Truku Unrecognized Babuza Basay Hoanya Ketagalan Luilang Pazeh/Kaxabu Popora Qauqaut Siraya Taokas Trobiawan Gaoshan and Pingpu With rare exceptions, the living languages and recognized tribes are of the Gaoshan (highland) tribes, who reside in the first two of the three regions given above. The extinct languages and unrecognized tribes are generally of the Pingpu (lowland), who formerly resided in the western plains region. The Tao people (or Yami) reside on Orchid Island, are a recognized tribe and speak a living (albeit endangered) language.
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MEDIA & Links L I N G U E F O L K K R O N O GEOPOLITICA GLOSSARIO

TAIWAN Folklore

GRUPPI ETNICI INDIGENI

Aborigeni taiwanesi - Gaoshan ( Gaoshan Z�, GS)
Ami (Pangcah)
Atayal (Tayal, Tayan)
Bunun
Kavalan
Paiwan
Puyuma
Rukai
Saisiyat (Saisiat)
Tao (Yami)
Thao
Tsou (Cou)
Truku (Taroko)
Babuza
Basay
Hoanya
Ketagalan
) Luilang
Pazeh/Kaxabu (Pazih)
Popora
Qauqaut
Siraya
Taokas
Trobiawan

General information Total population 2006: 458,000 (CIP 2006)
Taiwan
Mountainous terrain running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island Narrow eastern plains Orchid Island (L�n Yu)
Languages
14 living Formosan languages.
Several of these are endangered or moribund. Tribes Recognized
Amis
Atayal
Bunun
Kavalan
Paiwan
Puyuma
Rukai
Saisiyat
Sakizaya
Seediq
Tao
Thao
Tsou
Truku

Unrecognized
Babuza
Basay
Hoanya
Ketagalan
Luilang
Pazeh/Kaxabu
Popora
Qauqaut
Siraya
Taokas
Trobiawan

Gaoshan and Pingpu With rare exceptions, the living languages and recognized tribes are of the Gaoshan (highland) tribes, who reside in the first two of the three regions given above. The extinct languages and unrecognized tribes are generally of the Pingpu (lowland), who formerly resided in the western plains region. The Tao people (or Yami) reside on Orchid Island, are a recognized tribe and speak a living (albeit endangered) language.