Taiwanese aborigines peoples austronesian ethnic gaoshan 高山族 gāoshān

Back	Gaoshan 高山族 (Gāoshān Zú) 0.00% 4,009 Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Taiwanese aborigines are Austronesian peoples, with linguistic and genetic ties to other Austronesian ethnic groups, such as peoples of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Polynesia, and Oceania. The issue of an ethnic identity unconnected to the Asian mainland has become one thread in the discourse regarding the political status of Taiwan. Of the approximately 26 known languages of the Taiwanese aborigines, at least ten are extinct, five are moribund, and several are to some degree endangered.

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Gaoshan

高山族

(Gāoshān Zú)

0.00%

4,009

Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Taiwanese aborigines are Austronesian peoples, with linguistic and genetic ties to other Austronesian ethnic groups, such as peoples of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Polynesia, and Oceania. The issue of an ethnic identity unconnected to the Asian mainland has become one thread in the discourse regarding the political status of Taiwan.

Of the approximately 26 known languages of the Taiwanese aborigines, at least ten are extinct, five are moribund, and several are to some degree endangered.

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