Taiwanese people (traditional Chinese: 臺灣人 also 台灣人; simplified Chinese: 台湾人; pinyin: Táiwān rén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-lâng) may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or the lands and territories which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945. At least three competing (occasionally overlapping) paradigms are used to identify someone as a Taiwanese person: a national...
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Taiwanese people
Ethnicity
Included in group(s):
Languages spoken:
- Formosan languages
- Taiwanese
- Chinese, Hakka Language
- Standard Mandarin
- Taiwanese Mandarin
- Chinese language
People of this ethnicity:
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