Arikun is a group of
Austronesian indigenous Formosan people living from the western plain to central basin of
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, especially. They have lived through the
Dutch colonization of Taiwan, as well as the Manchurian occupation during the Qing Dynasty.
Arikun people along with
Lloa people
Lloa is a group of Austronesian indigenous Formosan people living in the southern plain of Taiwan. They have lived through the Dutch colonization of Taiwan, as well as the Manchurian occupation during the Qing Dynasty.
Lloa are generally class ...
used to be classified as a subgroup of
Hoanya people
The Hoanya () are a Taiwanese Aboriginal people who live primarily in Changhua County, Chiayi City, Nantou County, and near Tainan City.
Their language, Hoanya, is now extinct.
The Lloa people and Arikun people are generally considered to be a p ...
, but this concept has been rejected by some scholars, as the name "Hoanya" seems to be a derogatory exonym from ''huan-á'' (
Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan ( ...
: "the barbarians") by the Chinese immigrants.
Communities
Some indigenous communities founded by Arikun in the 18th century include:
* Man Talack (萬斗六社) in nowadays
Taichung
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...
, a community resided by both Arikun and
Babuza.
* Kakar Barroroch (貓羅社) in nowadays
Changhua
Changhua (Hokkien POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. For many centuries the site was h ...
.
* Tausa Mato (北投社) in nowadays
Nantou Nantou may refer to:
* Nantou County (南投縣), a county in central Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Nantou City (南投市), seat of Nantou County, Taiwan
* Nantou (historical town) (南头), a historic town and former administrative center of Xin' ...
.
* Tausa Talakey (南投社) in nowadays
Nantou Nantou may refer to:
* Nantou County (南投縣), a county in central Taiwan (Republic of China)
* Nantou City (南投市), seat of Nantou County, Taiwan
* Nantou (historical town) (南头), a historic town and former administrative center of Xin' ...
.
See also
*
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 5 ...
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Hoanya people
The Hoanya () are a Taiwanese Aboriginal people who live primarily in Changhua County, Chiayi City, Nantou County, and near Tainan City.
Their language, Hoanya, is now extinct.
The Lloa people and Arikun people are generally considered to be a p ...
*
Lloa people
Lloa is a group of Austronesian indigenous Formosan people living in the southern plain of Taiwan. They have lived through the Dutch colonization of Taiwan, as well as the Manchurian occupation during the Qing Dynasty.
Lloa are generally class ...
References
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
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