Truku

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Truku is an indigenous Taiwanese group recognized as a distinct subgroup of the Seediq people, known for its unique language variety and mountain-based cultural traditions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Truku canonical 6
Truku people 5
Taroko people 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith Taroko National Park ⓘ
autonym Truku ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Taiwan ⓘ
culturalHeritage myths and legends ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
culturalTrait communal rituals ⓘ
hunting traditions ⓘ
mountain-based lifestyle ⓘ
tattooing traditions ⓘ
weaving traditions ⓘ
culturalValue close relationship with nature ⓘ
respect for ancestral spirits ⓘ
ethnologueCode trv ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Taroko ⓘ
hasCulturalRevitalizationEffortsIn education ⓘ
language preservation ⓘ
traditional arts ⓘ
hasMinorityStatusIn Taiwan ⓘ
hasTraditionalTerritoryIn Central Mountain Range of Taiwan ⓘ
language Truku language ⓘ
languageBranch Formosan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageVarietyOf Seediq language ⓘ
partOf Taiwanese indigenous peoples ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous people of Taiwan ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
region Taroko Gorge area ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Atayal people ⓘ
Seediq people ⓘ
Taroko people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
subgroupOf Seediq people ⓘ
subjectOf Taiwanese indigenous rights policies ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing mountain settlements ⓘ
traditionalRegion Hualien County ⓘ
eastern Taiwan ⓘ
mountain areas of Taiwan ⓘ
UNESCOStatus vulnerable language ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Seediq → hasSubgroup → Truku ⓘ
Seediq → relatedEthnicGroup → Taroko (Truku) ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Seediq language → hasDialect → Truku Seediq ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Truku language → spokenBy → Truku people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Truku language → hasAlternativeName → Truku Seediq ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Seediq people → relatedEthnicGroup → Truku people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Atayal people → relatedEthnicGroup → Truku people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Truku → relatedEthnicGroup → Taroko people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Truku → autonym → Truku ⓘ
Hualien County → hasEthnicGroup → Taroko people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Gaoshan people → relatedGroup → Truku people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Taroko National Park → namedAfter → Taroko people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Eastern Taiwan → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Truku people ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Taiwan
linked to: Truku
Sediq → hasDialect → Truku ⓘ
Tgdaya Seediq → closelyRelatedTo → Truku Seediq ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Tgdaya Seediq → partOfEthnolinguisticGroup → Seediq-Taroko peoples ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Taroko → hasName → Truku ⓘ
Taroko → hasName → Taroko people ⓘ
linked to: Truku
Taroko → hasAutonym → Truku ⓘ