10 speakers of the Kanakanavu language left It belongs to the same language family that experts believe spread from Taiwan 4,000 years ago Linguist: Kanakanavu gave birth to languages spoken today by ...

DAKANUA, Taiwan – Her eyes lit bright with concentration, Taiwanese linguist Sung Li-may leans in expectantly as one of the planet's last 10 speakers of the Kanakanavu language shares his hopes for ...

Taiwan has launched a government-backed English-language streaming platform that is intended to carry a mixture of news, international affairs and local stories. Taiwan Plus went live on Tuesday after ...

Taiwan launched its first English-language news, lifestyle and entertainment television channel Monday to give it a bigger voice internationally at a time when China is squeezing the island's ...

In an opinion piece, Chang Jui-chuan (張睿銓) suggested that Taiwan focus its efforts not on making citizens “bilingual,” but on building a robust translation industry, as Japan has done (“The social ...

Taiwan is an island about the size of Kyushu, but linguistically it is extremely diverse. Nowadays, roughly speaking, people use either Chinese languages or Austronesian languages. The Austronesian ...

Edward Greve orders all his meals in Taiwanese. If the server doesn’t understand, he’ll switch to English and then Mandarin as a last resort. But, he says, when a Taiwanese friend does the same, ...

TAIPEI — Everything about pop star Abao is musical. Her earrings jangle as she talks, and her deep belly laughter punctuates her conversations. She spontaneously breaks into song while explaining the ...

The writer and director talks with 'THR' about the Oscars, his role models and bringing "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" to North America in February. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The ...