Tawu

E544819

Tawu is the indigenous name used by the Tao people, an Austronesian ethnic group native to Orchid Island in Taiwan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tawu canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf endonym ⓘ
ethnonym ⓘ
indigenous name ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Tao people ⓘ
associatedLanguage Tao language ⓘ
associatedLanguageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
associatedPeopleAlsoKnownAs Yami ⓘ
linked to: Yami (Tao)
contrastedWith exonym "Yami" ⓘ
culturalAssociation Austronesian seafaring traditions ⓘ
maritime culture of Tao people ⓘ
culturalRegion Southeast Taiwan ⓘ
Western Pacific ⓘ
ethnicGroupCountry Republic of China ⓘ
ethnicGroupLocation Lanyu Township ⓘ
linked to: Lanyu

Orchid Island ⓘ
Taitung County ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
geographicContext Bashi Channel ⓘ
Philippine Sea ⓘ
isIndigenousTo Orchid Island ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
languageFamilyOfName Austronesian languages ⓘ
namingContext ethnic self-designation ⓘ
indigenous identity ⓘ
refersTo Tao people ⓘ
relatedTo Austronesian peoples ⓘ
Formosan indigenous peoples ⓘ
usedBy Tao people ⓘ
usedIn anthropological literature ⓘ
ethnographic studies of Orchid Island ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Tao people → nativeName → Tawu ⓘ