Taiwanese Hokkien (;
Tâi-lô:
Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gí / Tâi-uân Bân-lâm-gú), commonly known as
Taiwanese (
Tâi-oân-oē or
Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú 臺語), is a variant of
Hokkien spoken by about 70% of the population of
Taiwan. The largest linguistic group in Taiwan, in which Hokkien is considered a
native language, is known as
Hoklo or
Hō-ló. The correlation between language and ethnicity is generally true, though not absolute, as some Hoklo speak Hokkien poorly while some non-Hoklo speak Hokkien fluently.
Pe̍h-ōe-jī (POJ) is a popular orthography for this variant of Hokkien.