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