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Amis
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Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to Taiwan
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- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- Taiwanese indigenous peoples
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- Pangach
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Encyclopedic overview
The Amis (Amis: ʼAmis, ʼAmi), also known as the Pangcah (which means 'people' and 'kinsmen'), are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan. They have historically spoken the Amis language (Caciyaw no Pangcah; Minuqamian), an Austronesian language, and are one of the sixteen officially recognized Taiwanese indigenous peoples. The traditional territory of the Amis includes the long, narrow valley between the Central Mountains and the Coastal Mountains (Huadong Valley), the Pacific coastal plain eastern to the Coastal Mountains and the Hengchun Peninsula.
In 2014, the Amis numbered 200,604. This was approximately 37.1% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the largest indigenous group. The Amis are primarily fishermen due to their coastal location. They traditionally had a matrilineal kinship system, by which inheritance and property pass through the maternal line, and children are considered born to the mother's people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.