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  2. Naming customs of Taiwanese indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    These names are mostly male names and they belong to Taiwanese people of the past one to two hundred years. Most of these are not Taiwanese names and are indistinguishable from Chinese names. Ministry of Education's Scholarship Awards winners; 36 historically important persons of Chiayi County; A list of Taiwanese poets

  3. Category:Taiwanese families - Wikipedia

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    5 languages. 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú ... Family of Chiang Kai-shek (3 C, ... Pages in category "Taiwanese families" The following 2 pages are in this category, out ...

  4. Languages of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    The languages of Taiwan consist of several varieties of languages under the families of Austronesian languages and Sino-Tibetan languages. The Formosan languages , a geographically designated branch of Austronesian languages, have been spoken by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

  5. Taiwanese indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    ~600,303 or 3% of the population of Taiwan (Non-status and unrecognized indigenous peoples excluded) 3,479 in Mainland China (2020 data) [1] Regions with significant populations; Taiwan and Orchid Island: Languages; Formosan languages (Atayal, Bunun, Amis, Paiwan, others) or Yami language Chinese languages (Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka)

  6. Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries - Wikipedia

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    Most Indonesians, particularly from the western parts, do not use family names. Only some ethnic groups maintain family names, such as Bataks, Nias, Mentawai, some Dayaks, and most ethnic groups in eastern Indonesia (except in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and some groups in Sulawesi, such as the Butonese).

  7. Some Indigenous people in Taiwan want to drop their Chinese ...

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    Kolas Yotaka, pictured in 2020, is the spokesperson for the Office of the President and a member of Taiwan's Amis tribe. She started going by her Amis name in 2006. (SOPA Images / LightRocket via ...

  8. Taiwanese people - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese people [I] are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of China (ROC) and those who reside in an overseas diaspora from the entire Taiwan Area.The term also refers to natives or inhabitants of the island of Taiwan and its associated islands who may speak Sinitic languages (Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka) or the indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue but share a common culture ...

  9. Amis people - Wikipedia

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    Family affairs, including finance of the family, are decided by the female householder, in the Amis tradition. The most important traditional ceremony is the Harvest Festival . The Amis Harvest Festival is held to express the people's thanks and appreciation to the gods, and to pray for harvest in the next coming year.