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| Taiwanese Aborigines |
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General information
- Total population
- 2006: 458,000 (CIP 2006)
- 2004: 454,600 (CIP 2004)
- Homelands in Taiwan
- Mountainous terrain running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island
- Narrow eastern plains
- Orchid Island (Lán Yǔ)
- Languages
- 14 living Formosan languages. Several of these are endangered or moribund.
Tribes
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Recognized Amis |
Unrecognized Babuza |
Gaoshan and Pingpu
- With rare exceptions, the living languages and recognized tribes are of the Gaoshan (highland) tribes, who reside in the first two of the three regions given above. The extinct languages and unrecognized tribes are generally of the Pingpu (lowland), who formerly resided in the western plains region. The Tao people (or Yami) reside on Orchid Island, are a recognized tribe and speak a living (albeit endangered) language.
