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Encyclopedia > Hoanya people

The Hoanya (Chinese: 洪雅族; pinyin: Hóngyǎ) are a Taiwanese aboriginal people who live primarily in Changhua county, Chiayi city, Nantou county, and near Tainan city. Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during Japanese rule of Taiwan. ... Changhua County (彰化縣, pinyin: Zhānghuà Xiàn) is a county in western Taiwan administered as part of Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. ... Chiayi City (Chinese: 嘉義市; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: chia-yi shih; Taiwanese: Ka-gÄ« chhÄ«) is a provincial city in Southwestern Taiwan. ... Nantou County (Chinese: 南投縣; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Nan-tou hsien; POJ: Lâm-tâu-kōan) is the second largest county of Taiwan. ... Tainan is the name of a city and a county in southwestern Taiwan. ...



Taiwanese aborigines

Recognized: Ami | Atayal | Bunun | Kavalan | Paiwan | Puyuma | Rukai | Saisiyat | Tao | Thao | Tsou | Truku
A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during Japanese rule of Taiwan. ... Total population 2006: 458,000 [2] 2004: 454,600 [3] 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. ... A woman with a child of Atayal using a machine to make clothes, 1900 Traditional aboriginal designs are often found on modern buildings in Taiwan in places where aborigines traditionally live. ... Bunun people of Taiwan, in formal attire. ... The Kavalan (People living in the plain) (Chinese: 噶瑪蘭族) or Kuvalan are an indigenous people of Taiwan, part of the larger Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group. ... Slabstone House by Paiwan ca. ... The Puyumas Moon-shape Monolith ca. ... A Rukai village Chief visiting Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... Pastaai ceremonies in Nanzhuang, Miaoli, Taiwan The Saisiyat (賽夏) (true people), also spelled Saisiat are an indigenous people of Taiwan, part of the larger Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group. ... Old photo of the Tao people on the shore of Orchid Island, ca. ... Thao young man of Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, Taiwan ca 1904 The Thao (Chinese: ) are a small group of Taiwanese aborigines who have lived near Sun Moon Lake (Lake Candidius) in central Taiwan for at least a century, and probably since the time of the Qing dynasty. ... Tsou youth, pre-1945 The Tsou (also spelled Cou) are an indigenous people of Taiwan. ... The Truku (太魯閣族, also romanized asTaroko) people are a Taiwanese aboriginal tribe. ...


Unrecognized: Babuza | Basay | Hoanya | Ketagalan | Luilang | Pazeh/Kaxabu | Popora | Qauqaut | Siraya | Taokas | Trobiawan The Babuza (Chinese: ; pinyin: Māowùzú; POJ: bâ-bū-cho̍k) are a Taiwanese aboriginal people, living primarily in Changhua County and around the western part of Taiwans Central Basin. ... The Basay are an aboriginal tribe of Taiwan. ...



 

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