Demographics of Taiwan
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The population of Taiwan is approximately 23.35 million as of April 2023.
Lungshan Temple of Manka, Taipei
Still Thoughts Hall, Hualien City
Holy Rosary Cathedral, Kaohsiung
Taipei Grand Mosque, Taipei
Taiwanese Hokkien
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Taiwanese Hokkien, or simply Taiwanese, also known as Taiuanoe, Taigi, Taigu, Taiwanese Minnan, Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively by more than 70 percent of the population of Taiwan. It is spoken by a significant portion of those Taiwanese people who are descended from Hoklo immigrants of southern Fujian. It is one of the national languages of Taiwan.
A selection of literary works (original and translated) in Taiwanese, in several orthographies.
An issue of the Taiwan Church News, first published by Presbyterian missionaries in 1885. This was the first printed newspaper in Taiwan, and was written in Taiwanese, in the Latin orthography Pe̍h-ōe-jī.
Japanese–Taiwanese Dictionary, using the orthography in kana
Pe̍h-ōe-jī inscription at a church in Tâi-lâm commemorating Thomas Barclay.