Mandarin Chinese is the official language for Taiwan and it is widely spoken by the people in Taiwan. However, a large segment of the population speaks Holo or Hakka dialects. Holo people speak the Taiwanese Hokkien while the Hakka people speak the Hakka language. Taiwanese may speaks Mandarin outside but they may communicate in other Chinese dialects with their families at home.
As for the Indigenous peoples, they speak Formosan languages which belong to the Proto-Austronesian language family as Malay and Hawaiian. However, the number of indigenous people speaking these languages has declined through the years.
As for English language, it is not widely spoken in Taiwan although it is part of the school’s curriculum. Even though many Taiwanese can speak English but they are not proficient in it. However, Taiwanese people begin to realize the importance of English as English is one of the most used language in the world, especially in the western countries.
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