台湾南岛语民族的分类沿革

台湾南岛语民族自古代至明清时期被泛称为"夷"、"番";日本统治时期,被称为"蕃"、"高砂族"。学术界开始有六、七、八、九、十、十二等族的人类学分类。1945年以来,民族分类有新的发展,除有"山地同胞"、"原住民"等官方颁布的称谓外,"九族"分类得到确认,邵族、赛德克族重新被认定。历史上接受汉文化较多的"平埔"族群也将逐步被识别和认定。

Classification of the Aboriginal in Taiwan

The Austranecian peoples, or the Aboriginal in Taiwan were totally mentioned as Yi or Fan in Chinese documents from ancient time to Ming and Qing Dynasties. They were also referred to as Fan or Gaoshazu during Japanese conquered period, when they began to attract academic circle's attention and were respectively classified into 6,7,8,9,10 or 12 ethnic groups by different anthropologists. Officially, they have generally been called Mountainous Compatriot or Aboriginal or Local People, and been classified into 9 ethnic groups and more recently 2 more groups (Thao and Sedeq) have been recognized since 1945. Now a tendency is coming into existence that those who assimilated into Chinese will gradually be recognized and wins their ethnic identity.