LLOA – 羅亞族 or 魯羅阿族

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THE LLOA PEOPLE – 羅亞族 or 魯羅阿族

Here’s a summary of what is known about the Lloa Indigenous People of Taiwan — one of the Plains Indigenous (Pingpu) groups whose distinct identity has been obscured by history but is recognized in academic and indigenous cultural work:
The Lloa (羅亞 / Lloa) are an Austronesian Indigenous people from the plains of southern and central-western Taiwan, traditionally residing in areas that today correspond to Yunlin, Chiayi, and northern Tainan.
They are part of Taiwan’s Plains Indigenous peoples (Pingpu), who historically spoke Austronesian languages and lived on the lowland plains before centuries of outside colonization and Han settlement deeply disrupted their societies.
The Lloa originally lived across the southern plains, especially in what are now Yunlin and Chiayi.
From the 19th century onward, many Plains Indigenous groups were displaced due to Han Chinese settlement and Qing-era pressures, and some communities (including Lloa) migrated inland, particularly into central Taiwan’s Puli basin in what is now Nantou County, often alongside other plains peoples like the Arikun.
Historically in Japanese and early ethnographic records, Plains groups including Lloa were often grouped under the broad term Hoanya — but this was likely a misunderstanding: “Hoanya” was probably derived from a Taiwanese Hokkien term meaning “barbarian” and not an actual ethnic name.
Modern scholars argue that Lloa and Arikun represent distinct peoples rather than a single “Hoanya people,” and that earlier classifications obscured their true identities.
The historical Lloa language was part of Taiwan’s Austronesian family, like other Plains Indigenous languages. However, it is extinct or no longer spoken as a living community language today due to assimilation pressures over the past centuries.
Because of this loss, much of what is known about the Lloa language comes from historical records and linguistic reconstruction.
Very little direct ethnographic detail survives specifically about traditional Lloa cultural practices, partly because Plains communities were heavily disrupted during Dutch, Qing, and Japanese periods.
What does survive — including oral histories, names, and fragmentary ritual descriptions — has helped scholars and descendants reconstruct aspects of Plains Indigenous cultural life and revive communal memory.
The Lloa are not officially recognized by the Taiwanese government as one of the 16 indigenous groups; like many Pingpu groups, they have historically been excluded from formal indigenous status.
Under newer efforts like the Pingpu Indigenous People’s Identity Act and broader advocacy, Plains Indigenous groups — including Lloa — are seeking legal recognition and preservation of cultural and linguistic heritage.

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