Taiwanese_Hokkien
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Taiwanese Hokkien ( HOK-ee-en, US also HOH-kee-en), or Taiwanese (Chinese: 臺灣話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-ōe), also known as Taigi (臺語; Tâi-gí/gú/gír), Taiwanese Taigi (臺灣台語; Tâi-oân Tâi-gí/gú/gír; Tâi-uân Tâi-gí/gú/gír), Taiwanese Southern Min (臺灣閩南語; Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí/gú/gír), Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively by more than 70 percent of the population of Taiwan. It
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| Taiwanese Hokkien | |
|---|---|
| Taiwanese | |
| 臺語 Tâi-gí / Tâi-gír / Tâi-gú | |
| Native to | Taiwan |
| Ethnicity | Hoklo Taiwanese |
| Speakers | L1: 6.9 million (2020) L2: 12 million (2020) Total: 19 million (2020) |
Sino-Tibetan
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Early forms | |
| Chinese characters (Traditional), Latin (Tâi-lô, Pe̍h-ōe-jī), Kana, Bopomofo (Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols), Hangul | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Taiwan |
| Regulated by | Ministry of Education in Taiwan |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | taib1242 Taibei Hokkien |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-jh |
.svg) Proportion of residents aged 6 or older using Hokkien at home in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen & Matsu in 2010 | |
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