Arikun is a group of Austronesian indigenous Formosan people[1] living from the western plain to central basin of Taiwan, especially. They have lived through the Dutch colonization of Taiwan, as well as the Manchurian occupation during the Qing dynasty.
Arikun | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of the Plains Indigenous People in Pipa, Puli, possibly an Arukun. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Nantou, Taichung, and Changhua in Taiwan. | |
| Languages | |
| Arikun (previously), Taiwanese, Mandarin | |
| Religion | |
| Animism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hoanya, Lloa |
Arikun people along with Lloa people used to be classified as a subgroup of Hoanya people, but this concept has been rejected by some scholars, as the name "Hoanya" seems to be a derogatory exonym from huan-á (Southern Min: "the barbarians") by the Chinese immigrants.[2][3]
In the 19th century, Arikun people were invited by indigenous people living in Puli, Nantou, to migrate there, along with many other plain indigenous peoples from western Taiwan, including the Lloa people. Nowadays, the inhabitants of the eastern and southeastern parts of Puli are mostly descendants of Arukun and Lloa people.[4]
Communities
editSome indigenous communities founded by Arikun in the 18th century include:
Language
editSome comparison of the words from Arikun communities with those from Lloa as compile by Ogawa (2006):[5]
| PAn | Arikun | Lloa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tausa Mato | Tausa Talakey | Dovaha | Tirosen | ||
| *maCa | matha, masa | miju | masa | masa | "eye" |
| *qalima | pira, pila, pilat, pilas | pira | pirya, pidjet, piza | "hand" | |
| *quluh | ulu, uru, unung | ulu | ulu | uru, udzu, ulu | "head" |
| *Sikan | sikan | tskan | spkan, sikkan | "fish" | |
| *qiNaS, *bulaN | bulas | itat | "moon" | ||
| *siNaR | iza, idzak | ilaha | "sun" | ||
| *asa, *esa | mesa, misa | misha | hiparya | lisat, kipara, kipala | "one" |
| *telu | misu, miru | mishi | myateru | tilo, tsinlo, myaterun, miatelu | "three" |
| *Sepat | mipal, mipat, mipas | mishaha | myapa | ipa, apa, sipute | "four" |
| *lima | hima, mi-lim, lima | mintai | myaru | lima, mialima-fun, malima-hon | "five" |
Films and television
editThe movie Ataabu, released in 2015, narrates the story of the Lin family, which was connected to the rise and prosperity of central Taiwan in the mid-19th century. It is named after the Arikun tribe Ataabu,[6] which is known as Wufeng nowadays.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Cauquelin, Josiane. The Aborogines of Taiwan (PDF). Routledge Curzon. p. 14.
- ^ Chung, Yu-Lan (1997). "平埔研究中的「族群分類」問題——再議Hoanya(洪雅族)之適宜性" [On the Classification in the Pepo Studies: The Adequacy of the Ethnic Name 'Hoanya']. Symposium on the Developmental History of Taiwan. Taipei: Academia Historica: 137–166.
- ^ Wen, Jia-Yin (2008). "荷蘭時期原住民分佈研究回顧" [A Review on the Studies of the Distribution of the Indigenous Peoples during the Dutch Formosa Period]. 臺灣的語言方言分佈與族群遷徙工作坊. Taipei: Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica.
- ^ Chen, I-chen (2019-11-20). "錯置的名字：(╳洪雅Hoanya╳)羅亞Lloa、阿立昆Arikun" [Misplaced Names: (╳Hoanya╳) Lloa, Arikun]. Indigenous Sight. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ Ogawa, Naoyoshi (2006). 臺灣蕃語蒐録 [A Comparative Vocabulary of Formosan Languages and Dialects]. Tokyo: Research Institute for Language and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
- ^ Awan, Aite (2015-08-29). "電影沒告訴你的《阿罩霧風雲》：霧峰林家來了，那原本阿罩霧的人跑哪去了？" [What the Movie Didn't Tell You About 'Ataabu': The Lin Family Arrives – Where Did the Original Inhabitants of Attabu Go?"]. Mata Taiwan. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
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