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Do Taiwanese still speak Hokkien?
Yes,most Taiwanese can speak Hokkien. However Hokkien is a local dialect not language. I’m from Fuqing and I can also speak Hokkien but with a different accent. Hokkien is a local local dialect for all the people from mainland China Fuzhou, somehow it’s also the local dialect for Taiwanese.
Is Taiwanese The hardest language to learn?
In our last post (Language Difficulty), we talked about developing an objective method for comparing language difficulty across three aspects: vocabulary acquisition, syntax and grammar, and phonology….Phonology for Fluency.
| Language | Points |
|---|---|
| Taiwanese Hokkien | 19 |
| Korean | 20 |
| Russian | 23 |
| Ubykh | 57 |
How long does it take to learn Taiwanese?
However, to become fluent, experts estimate that it’ll take 2,200 class hours. If you put the rest of your life on hold and focused only on studying Chinese – at 5 hours of practice a day, it would take you 88 weeks. Here’s the long story. When it comes to Chinese, you have two options – Mandarin or Cantonese.
How many Hokkien speakers are there in Taiwan?
| Taiwanese Hokkien | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | show “Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú” |
| Native to | Taiwan |
| Native speakers | 13.5 million (2017) |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Min Southern Min Quanzhang Taiwanese Hokkien |
Where is Hokkien spoken in Taiwan?
Hokkien is spoken in Taiwan and in parts of China including Fujian Province. It is also called Taiwanese, Min Nan (Southern Min), or Holo. There are several dialectal variants of Hokkien; this textbook uses the variant spoken around the Tainan area, where Hokkien is most prevalent in Taiwan.
Where is Hokkien spoken in Malaysia?
Spoken in Penang as well as its neighbouring states in the North e.g. Kedah, Perlis, and Perak, Penang Hokkien is quite different from the Hokkien spoken in the Southern Peninsula (e.g. Melaka and Johor), which mostly resembles Taiwanese Hokkien.
What is the history of the Hokkien language in Taiwan?
During the 40 years of Dutch colonial rule of Taiwan, many Han Chinese from the Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Hakka regions of mainland China were recruited to help develop Taiwan. Because of intermingling with Siraya people as well as Dutch colonial rule, the Hokkien dialects started to deviate from the original Hokkien spoken in mainland China.
What language do they speak in Taiwan?
Taiwanese Hokkien (/ˈhɒkiɛn, hɒˈkiːɛn/; Chinese: 臺灣閩南語; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gú; translated as Taiwanese Min Nan), also known as Taiwanese/Taiwanese language in Taiwan (臺灣話; Tâi-oân-oē / 臺灣語; Tâi-oân-gú), is a variety of Hokkien spoken natively by about 70\% of the population of Taiwan.
What is the difference between Amoy Hokkien and Taiwanese?
During the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan, Taiwan began to hold Amoy Hokkien as its standard pronunciation; the Japanese called this mixture Taiwanese (臺灣語, Taiwango). Due to the influx of Japanese loanwords before 1945 and the political separation after 1949, Amoy Hokkien and Taiwanese began to diverge slightly.