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 28
Tao (Yami) people 3
Yami (Tao) people 2

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 (34)

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 ⓘ
Tawu → refersTo → Tao people ⓘ
Tawu → usedBy → Tao people ⓘ
Tawu → associatedEthnicGroup → Tao people ⓘ
Gaoshan people → relatedGroup → Tao people ⓘ
Eastern Taiwan → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Tao people ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Taiwan
Itbayat people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yami (Tao) people ⓘ
linked to: Tao people
Lan Yu Yami → ethnonymFor → Tao people ⓘ
Lanyu → hasIndigenousPeople → Tao people ⓘ
Lan-yu → hasIndigenousPeople → Tao people ⓘ
Lan-yu → hasPopulationGroup → Tao (Yami) people ⓘ
linked to: Tao people
Botel Tobago → hasIndigenousPeople → Tao people ⓘ
Botel Tobago → ethnicGroupPopulationMajority → Tao (Yami) people ⓘ
linked to: Tao people
Ponso no Tao → namedBy → Tao people ⓘ
Ponso no Tao → inhabitedBy → Tao people ⓘ
Ponso no Tao → hasEthnicGroup → Tao people ⓘ
Flying Fish Festival → ethnicGroup → Tao people ⓘ
subject linked to: flying fish festival
Hongtou → hasIndigenousPeople → Tao people ⓘ
Hongtou → belongsToEthnicGroup → Tao people ⓘ
Dongqing → ethnicGroup → Tao people ⓘ
Yeyin → inhabitedBy → Tao people ⓘ
Langdao → inhabitedBy → Tao people ⓘ
Iraraley → inhabitedBy → Tao people ⓘ