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  2. Taiwanese people - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese people [I] are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of China (ROC) and those who reside in an overseas diaspora from the entire Taiwan Area.The term also refers to natives or inhabitants of the island of Taiwan and its associated islands who may speak Sinitic languages (Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka) or the indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue but share a common culture ...

  3. Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary uses the Taiwanese Romanization System (based on pe̍h-ōe-jī) to indicate pronunciations and includes audio files for many words. As of 2013, the dictionary included entries for 20,000 words. [1] In September 2000, initial plans to commission the dictionary were put forth by the National Languages Committee of the Ministry of ...

  4. Taiwanese indigenous peoples - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese indigenous peoples, also known as Formosans, Native Taiwanese or Austronesian Taiwanese, [3] [4] and formerly as Taiwanese aborigines, Takasago people or Gaoshan people, [5] are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the island's population.

  5. Taiwanese - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese may refer to: of or related to Taiwan. Culture of Taiwan; Geography of Taiwan; Taiwanese cuisine; Languages of Taiwan. Formosan language; Taiwanese Hokkien, or other Taiwanese languages; Taiwanese people, residents of Taiwan or people of Taiwanese descent Taiwanese indigenous peoples, or Formosan peoples, formerly called Taiwanese ...

  6. Languages of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    English: English is widely taught as a foreign language, with some large private schools providing English instruction. Taiwan's government under the 2030 Bilingual Nation policy promulgated last 2017 to make English an official language and to provide for English to become a second language by 2030.

  7. List of Indigenous peoples of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Research on ethnic groups of Taiwanese indigenous peoples started in late 19th century, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. The Government of Taiwan (臺灣總督府, Taiwan Sōtokufu) conducted large amount of research and further distinguished the ethnic groups of Taiwanese indigenous peoples by linguistics (see Formosan languages). After ...

  8. Formosan languages - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, in order to help with the preservation of the languages of the indigenous people of Taiwan, the council established a Romanized writing system for all of Taiwan's aboriginal languages. The council has also helped with classes and language certification programs for members of the indigenous community and the non-Formosan Taiwanese to ...

  9. Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] [j] is a country [27] in East Asia. [m] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.