Kanakanavu people

Kanakanavu
卡那卡那富
Regions with significant populations
Taiwan
Languages
Kanakanavu, Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien
Religion
Animism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Taiwanese Aborigines

The Kanakanavu (Chinese: 卡那卡那富; Wade–Giles: Kanakanavu) are an indigenous people of central southern Taiwan. They live in the two villages of Manga and Takanua in Namasia District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (Zeitoun & Teng 2014). [1]

History

On June 26, 2014, the government recognized Kanakanavu as the 16th group of Taiwanese indigenous.[2]

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