We start our new series with Hawaii’s little-known connection to Taiwan, an island in East Asia that sits just below China. Mandarin is the main spoken language. Some speak Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka ...
The term Austronesian—alternatively known as Malayo-Polynesian—encompasses the linguistic and cultural affiliations of island communities situated in the southern part of the Asian continent ...
The first Chinese settlers only showed up in Taiwan 400 years ago, just a few years after the Mayflower landed in Plymouth Rock. Before that, Taiwan was home to the Austronesian peoples. Some of ...
Languages belonging to these families can also be found in northeastern India and southwestern China. Around four thousand years ago people speaking languages belonging to the Austronesian family ...
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