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