For other uses, see Amis (disambiguation), Amish (disambiguation), and Ami (disambiguation).
Amis
Pangcah Muqami
Total population
200,604 (2014)
Regions with significant populations
Taiwan
Languages
Amis, Mandarin
Religion
Animism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Sakizaya, Taiwanese Aborigines
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
Peoples
Nationally Recognized
Amis
Atayal
Bunun
Hla'alua (Saaroa)
Kavalan
Kanakanavu
Paiwan
Puyuma
Rukai
Saisiyat
Sakizaya
Seediq
Tao (Yami)
Thao
Tsou
Truku (Taroko)
Locally recognized
Makatao
Siraya
Taivoan
Unrecognized
Babuza
Basay
Hoanya (Arikun/Lloa)
Ketagalan
Luilang
Pazeh/Kaxabu
Papora
Qauqaut
Taokas
Trobiawan
Related topics
Plains indigenous peoples
List of indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Indigenous Area (Taiwan)
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The Amis (Amis: Amis, Ami, Pangcah; Paiwan: Muqami), also known as the Pangcah (which means “people” and “kinsmen”), are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan. They speak 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 [zh].
In 2014, the Amis numbered 200,604.[1] This was approximately 37.1% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the largest indigenous group.[2] 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.[3]
Traditional Amis villages were relatively large for Taiwanese indigenous communities, typically holding between 500 and 1,000 people. In today's Taiwan, the Amis also comprise the majority of "urban indigenous people" and have developed many urban communities all around the island. In recent decades, Amis have also married exogamously to the Han as well as other indigenous peoples.[4]
^Chia-chen, Hsieh; Wu, Jeffrey (15 February 2015). "Amis Remains Taiwan's Biggest Aboriginal Tribe at 37.1% of total". FocusTaiwan.tw. The Central News Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^"Table 28: Indigenous Population Distribution in Taiwan-Fukien Area", National Statistics, Republic of China, Taiwan: Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan (DGBAS), archived from the original on 12 March 2007, retrieved 30 August 2006.
^"Ami". Ethnologue.
^Olson, James Stuart (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313288531.
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