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'' | ''Translation of the monologue read by Dr. Hok-chu Tiunn, aka Babuza, in the audio CD included with the book "Taioanji ABC".'' | ||
What is Taiwanese? Taiwanese is the abbreviation for Taiwan mother tongue. Taiwan mother tongue is all of Taiwan's many local languages, including Aboriginal (Indigenous), Hakka, and Holo. What is a language? Languages are the expression of ideas through voice. Mankind has already existed for one million to 850,000 years (200,000 years ago by mtDNA), written language for only six thousand years. Voice developed earlier. Written language then appeared, their purpose is to serve record of spoken language, not want to replace spoken language. Taiwanese language has taken from ancient Han ([[Old Chinese]]), Proto-Han (Proto-Mandarin, late [[Middle Chinese]]), and modern Han ([[Modern Chinese]]), such as the words for sun, ghost, water, river, horse, and bird. | What is Taiwanese? Taiwanese is the abbreviation for Taiwan mother tongue. Taiwan mother tongue is all of Taiwan's many local languages, including Aboriginal (Indigenous), Hakka, and Holo. What is a language? Languages are the expression of ideas through voice. Mankind has already existed for one million to 850,000 years (200,000 years ago by mtDNA), written language for only six thousand years. Voice developed earlier. Written language then appeared, their purpose is to serve record of spoken language, not want to replace spoken language. Taiwanese language has taken from ancient Han ([[Old Chinese]]), Proto-Han (Proto-Mandarin, late [[Middle Chinese]]), and modern Han ([[Modern Chinese]]), such as the words for sun, ghost, water, river, horse, and bird. | ||