Atayal people

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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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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group in Taiwan ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
autonym Tayal ⓘ
colonialExperience Japanese rule in Taiwan ⓘ
colonialPolicyImpact regulation of facial tattooing ⓘ
suppression of head-hunting ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Taiwan ⓘ
culturalPractice facial tattooing ⓘ
head-hunting (historical) ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Austronesian peoples ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin-based orthography for Atayal language ⓘ
historicalRegion Taiwanese highlands ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
language Atayal language ⓘ
languageBranch Formosan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
modernIssue cultural revitalization ⓘ
land rights ⓘ
language endangerment ⓘ
nativeName Tayal ⓘ
Tayan ⓘ
notableCulturalTrait facial tattoos indicating adulthood and virtue ⓘ
geometric textile patterns ⓘ
populationConcentration central Taiwan ⓘ
northern Taiwan ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Taiwan ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of the Republic of China ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Seediq people ⓘ
Truku people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
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 ⓘ

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Nantou County → hasIndigenousGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Seediq → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Wushe → hasEthnicGroup → Atayal (historically overlapping classifications) ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
indigenous peoples of Taiwan → recognizedGroup → Atayal ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Mona Rudao → ethnicity → Atayal-related peoples ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Atayalic languages → spokenBy → Atayal people ⓘ
Atayalic languages → areSpokenByEthnicGroup → Atayal ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Seediq people → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Wulai District → hasIndigenousPeople → Atayal people ⓘ
Wulai District → knownFor → Atayal culture ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Truku → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Central Taiwan → hasEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
subject linked to: central Taiwan
Thao people → neighboringGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Yuchi Township → hasIndigenousGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Ren’ai Township → hasEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Hualien County → hasEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Gaoshan people → relatedGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Atayal language → spokenBy → Atayal people ⓘ
Atayal language → hasDialect → C’uli’ Atayal ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Atayal language → belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup → Atayal ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Atayal language → hasCommunity → Atayal indigenous people of Taiwan ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Bunun culture → relatedGroup → Atayal culture ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Amis people → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Saisiyat → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Taroko → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal ⓘ
linked to: Atayal people
Hsinchu County → hasIndigenousPeople → Atayal people ⓘ
Miaoli County → hasIndigenousGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Saisiyat people → relatedEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Fuxing District → majorIndigenousGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
Fuxing District → hasEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ
northeastern Taiwan → hasEthnicGroup → Atayal people ⓘ