Regions with significant populations | |
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Taiwan | |
Languages | |
Kanakanavu, Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien | |
Religion | |
Animism, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Taiwanese Aborigines |
The Kanakanavu (Chinese: 卡那卡那富; Wade–Giles: Kanakanavu) are an indigenous people of central southern Taiwan. They live in the two villages of Manga and Takanua in Namasia District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (Zeitoun & Teng 2014).
On June 26, 2014, the government recognized Kanakanavu as the 16th group of Taiwanese indigenous.