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Wanna Get the Lowdown on Taiwan? Better Learn Some Taiwanese

December 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

One of the great things about living out here in Taiwan has been the chance to be exposed not only to Mandarin Chinese, the official language, but also ‘Tai-yu’ or Taiwanese, the dialect spoken across the island most prominently in Southern Taiwan.
The language, derived from the Fujianese dialect of Chinese, is somewhat politicized–Mandarin Chinese (or […]

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