'The Qalang Smangus' means 'Territoires dès Sauvages' (Note 122)
LINGUISTIC FACTS 'The Qalang Smangus' is borrowed from 'Territoires dès Sauvages' . 'The Qalang Smangus' is promoted in indigenous (Atayal) language 'The God's Tribe' . Qalang is borrowed from Chinese words meaning 'fence' 'bamboo fence' and described in Qing document. Qalang then evolved into meaning territory, guarded land, homeland-related vocabulary in several indigenous languages - Most obvious - Atayal. Others includes Paiwan, Amis and several more expected. Alang (Qalang without a) works in exactly the same way as in Amis. Same borrow. Same Chinese. Same context and usage. #Atayal#Paiwan#Amis (and others) SOURCE OF ORIGIN This is also Note 122 at HERE (Anthropology Observation IV). Gaga - Koka 國 家 Galang/Qalang - 聚落 land people family state country ancestral ties Gaga Qalang /lyung Squliq (Saisiyat Atayal) Niqan (Qutux Niqan - One Family) There is a (good) possibility these are developed from Koka 國 家 - observati...