Also Known As:
Kanabu, Kanakanabu, Sprache von Formosa, 卡那卡那富語
Dialects & Varieties
The Tribes in Taiwan (Kanakanavu)
Council of Indigenous Peoples (行政院原住民族委員會). 2015. "The Tribes in Taiwan (Kanakanavu)." Online: http://www.apc.gov.tw/portal/docList.html?CID=E3439993A7481ADD [in Chinese]
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Location and Context
Countries
Taiwan
Location Description
"Namasia District (那瑪夏區) of Kaohsiung City (高雄市) along both banks of Nanzixian River (楠梓仙溪). Today, most Kanakanavu People live in the two villages of Manga and Takanua in Namasia District (formerly Sanmin Township), Kaohsiung City."
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Recent Resources
Ethnologue profile for Kanakanabu including Code, languguage, group, country, speakers, status, clas
Kanakanabu - Video
Dyen, I.. (2005).