Tao people

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The Tao people are an Indigenous Austronesian ethnic group living primarily on Orchid Island in Taiwan, known for their seafaring culture, traditional fishing practices, and distinctive wooden boat craftsmanship.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tao people canonical 7
Tao (Yami) people 1
Tao族 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people
ethnic group
indigenous people
administrativeDivision Lanyu Township
linked to: Taitung County
alsoKnownAs Yami
linked to: Yami (Tao)

Yami people
continent Asia
country Taiwan
culturalPractice age-grade social organization
flying fish festival
taboos related to fishing seasons
governingState Republic of China
hasCulturalHeritage maritime navigation knowledge
oral traditions
rituals for boat launching
isPartOf indigenous peoples of Taiwan
knownFor plank-built canoes
seafaring culture
traditional fishing practices
wooden boat craftsmanship
language Tao language
linked to: Thao language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
nativeName Tao
linked to: Yami (Tao)

Tao族
linked to: Tao people

Tawu
populationRegion Orchid Island
Taitung County
primarySettlement Orchid Island
recognizedAs indigenous people of Taiwan
region Bashi Channel
Pacific Ocean
relatedEthnicGroup Batanes Islanders
linked to: Ivatan people

Ivatan people
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
animism
threatenedBy modernization
nuclear waste storage on Orchid Island
traditionalClothing loincloth for men
vest for men
wrap-around skirts for women
traditionalEconomy fishing
subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses
traditionalVessel chinurikuran boat
tatala boat
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Batanic languages usedBy Tao people
Bashi Channel region isAssociatedWithEthnicGroup Yami (Tao) people
linked to: Tao people
Tao people nativeName Tao族
linked to: Tao people
Yami (Tao) spokenBy Tao people
Taitung County hasIndigenousGroup Tao (Yami) people
linked to: Tao people
Orchid Island indigenousPeople Tao people
Orchid Island majorEthnicGroups Tao people
Yami people alternateName Tao people
Yami language spokenBy Tao people