PUYUMA
Excerpts from Wikipedia.org
The Puyuma (卑南族), also known as the Peinan or Beinan tribe, are one of the tribal groups of the Taiwanese aborigines. The tribe is generally divided into the Chihpen and Nanwang groups, both resident in Taitung County on the east coast of Taiwan.
In the year 2000 the Puyuma numbered 9,606. This was approximately 2.4% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the sixth-largest tribal group. The Puyuma speak their tribal language as well as Standard Mandarin and Taiwanese. The Puyuma language, however, is dying.
Language: The Puyuma language is the language of the Puyuma people, a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan (see Taiwanese aborigines). It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family.
Ethnic Puyuma
- A-mei, a Taiwanese pop singer, is an ethnic Puyuma.
- Samingad (紀曉君), Taiwanese aboriginal singer.
- Pur-dur (陳建年), Taiwanese aboriginal singer.
Puyuma Distribution Map
(Map from Digital Museum of Taiwan Indigeneous Peoples)
