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Languages of Taiwan
The language with the most native speakers in
Taiwan
is
Taiwanese Hokkien
, or "Taiwanese" for short, spoken by about 70% of the population.
Hokkien
is a
topolect
of the
varieties of Chinese
originating in southern
Fujian
and is spoken by many
overseas Chinese
throughout
Southeast Asia
. Recently there has been a growing use of Taiwanese Hokkien in the broadcast media.
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