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'<b>Taiwanese</b>', native to {{tag|Taiwan}}, can refer to two distinct forms of spoken language, along with writing using {{Wp|Traditional Chinese characters}}. | |||
:''Note:'' some wiki sites use (incorrectly) the sub-domain <tt>zh-tw</tt> to identify a Taiwanese-language wiki site. | |||
===Taiwanese Mandarin=== | |||
The main language spoken in Taiwan is '''{{Wp|Taiwanese Mandarin}}''' ({{Wp|ISO 639-6}}: goyu (Guoyu); {{IETF-language-tag|cmn-TW}}), or '''''Guoyu''''' ([[:Category:Chinese|Chinese]]: 國語; pinyin: ''Guóyǔ''; literally 'National Language'), colloquially as '''''Huayu''''' (華語; ''Huáyǔ''; literally 'Mandarin Language'). Also known as '''Taibei Mandarin''' {{Glottolog|taib1240}}), it is a version of {{Wp|Mandarin Chinese}}. | |||
===Taiwanese Hokkien=== | |||
One of the national languages of Taiwan, '''{{Wp|Taiwanese Hokkien}}''' ([[:Category:Chinese|Chinese]]: 臺灣話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ''Tâi-oân-ōe''; Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-uân-uē'') ({{ISO 639-3|oan}}), also known as '''Taibei Hokkien''' ({{Glottolog|taib1242}}), '''Taigi''', '''Taigu''' (Chinese: 台語; Chinese: 臺語; Pe̍h-ōe-jī/Tâi-lô: Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú), '''Taiwanese''', '''Taiwanese Minnan''' (Chinese: 台灣閩南語), '''Hoklo''', and '''Holo''', is a variety of the {{Wp|Hokkien}} language which spoken natively by more than 70 percent of the population of Taiwan. It is spoken by a significant portion of Taiwanese people who descended from Hoklo immigrants of southern Fujian. | |||
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