Taiwanese language
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Taiwanese language may refer to
- Most commonly
- Taiwanese Hokkien, spoken by about 70% of the population of Taiwan
- Also
- One of the Languages of TaiwanLanguages of TaiwanThe language with the most native speakers in Taiwan is Taiwanese Hokkien, or "Taiwanese" for short. Hokkien is a topolect of the Chinese family of languages originating in southern Fujian and is spoken by many overseas Chinese throughout Southeast Asia...
- One of the indigenous Formosan languagesFormosan languagesThe Formosan languages are the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Taiwanese aborigines currently comprise about 2% of the island's population. However, far fewer can still speak their ancestral language, after centuries of language shift...
spoken in Taiwan
- One of the Languages of Taiwan