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
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