Citations:Hokkien

English citations of Hokkien

• 2011, Shelley Rigger, Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, page 28:

  Almost 90 percent of Taiwan's 6 million occupants at the end of World War II spoke Hokkien.

• 2020, Tsung-lun Alan Wan, “Language Revitalization and Perceived Language Shift: A Case of Kinmenese Hokkien”, in Jens Damm, Hauke Neddermann, editors, Intercultural Dialogue across Borders: China between Tradition and Modernity‎^[1], Zürich: LIT Verlag, →ISBN, page 106:

  Because Hokkien is the most widely spoken local language (after Mandarin) in both Taiwan and Kinmen, this national language policy – when implemented in Kinmen – resulted in a different perceived language policy.

• 2022 June 22, Zoe Yu, “Endangered Languages Are Worth Saving”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-22, Student Editorial Contest Winner‎^[3]:

  Under colonial rule, learning or speaking my grandma’s native Hokkien, along with dozens of indigenous languages, was illegal by law.

• 2023 July 2, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan celebrates linguistic diversity at annual music awards”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 3 July 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

  The awards celebrate not only Mandopop but also artists singing in Taiwanese - also known as Hokkien - Hakka and indigenous languages, a visible sign of the government's efforts to promote tongues other than Mandarin.