Kavalan people

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The Kavalan people are an Indigenous ethnic group of Taiwan, traditionally inhabiting the island’s northeastern coastal plains and known for their distinct Austronesian culture and language.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kavalan people canonical 11
Kavalan ethnic group 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian people
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Kebalan people
Kebalan tribe
autonym Kavalan
continent Asia
country Taiwan
culturalPractice ancestor worship
harvest rituals
sea-related rituals
cultureArea Austronesian culture
currentSettlement Hualien County
Taitung County
Yilan County
ethnologueCode ckv
governedBy Council of Indigenous Peoples (Taiwan)
historicalContactWith Han Chinese settlers
Qing dynasty authorities
historicalEvent displacement from Yilan Plain by Han settlers
historicalMigrationTo Hualien County
Taitung County
indigenousTo Taiwan
language Kavalan language
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageStatus endangered language
populationStatus small population
recognizedAsIndigenousGroupBy Government of Taiwan
recognizedAsIndigenousGroupIn Taiwan
relatedEthnicGroup Amis people
linked to: Amis

Puyuma people
Sakizaya people
other Taiwanese indigenous peoples
religion Christianity
animism
folk religion
traditionalCraft basketry
weaving
traditionalHousing stilt houses
thatched houses
traditionalRegion Lanyang Plain
linked to: Yilan Plain

Taiwan’s northeastern coastal plains
linked to: northeastern Taiwan

Yilan Plain
northeastern Taiwan
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
wet-rice agriculture
UNESCOLanguageStatus severely endangered (Kavalan language)

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

Kavalan language languageOf Kavalan people
Kavalan ethnicGroup Kavalan people
Kavalan usedBy Kavalan ethnic group
linked to: Kavalan people
Gaoshan people relatedGroup Kavalan people
Changbin Township hasEthnicGroup Kavalan people
Basay people relatedEthnicGroup Kavalan people
Kebalan spokenBy Kavalan people
Kebalan ethnicGroup Kavalan people
Kbalan traditionalSpeakers Kavalan people
Kbalan ethnicGroup Kavalan people
Kbalan associatedPeople Kavalan people
northeastern Taiwan hasEthnicGroup Kavalan people