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Taiwanese indigenous peoples

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Taiwanese aborigines or aborginal (原住民, in pinyin: yuan2 zhu4 min2, literal meaning: "Original Inhabitant") are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. They are a group of Austronesian people, who are descended from the inhabitants of Taiwan who lived on the island before Han immigration in the 1600s. They are concentrated in the highland mountains of Taiwan and speak the Formosan languages, which belong to the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family.

Taiwanese aborigines are formerly known in Taiwan as 山地同胞 (shan1-di4 tong2-bao1, literal meaning: "Mountainous region compatriot"). In Mainland China, they are collectively known in as Gaoshan zu (高山族 gao1-shan1 zu2, literal meaning: "High mountain nationality"), one of the 57 Chinese nationalities.

Taiwanese aborigines include the following tribes:

See also: Taiwanese language (non-aboriginal)

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