Abao sings in the Paiwan language — not Chinese, which dominates Taiwan's pop music industry. Her popularity reflects the island's overdue recognition and awareness of Indigenous culture.

Abao sings in the Paiwan language — not Chinese, which dominates Taiwan's pop music industry. Her popularity reflects the island's overdue recognition and awareness of Indigenous culture.

It's important to make young people feel that Indigenous languages is a cool thing, rather than just another task to study.

A tech consortium is teaching chatbots Taiwan's local languages, in the hopes they won't be left behind in the AI age.

Taiwan's Indigenous inhabitants speak an array of Austronesian languages. Efforts are underway to teach and preserve Indigenous languages after decades of allowing only Mandarin in schools.

Making language learning videos is easy; the editing work is difficult — while someone from within may easily understand the ...

Item 1 of 5 Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen attends the television operations launch event of TaiwanPlus, a government-backed English language news channel, in Taipei, Taiwan October 3, 2022.

The Amis of eastern Taiwan are the closest relative of the Malayo-Polynesian people, including Māori. Author provided The Austronesian language tree ...

The indigenous languages of Taiwan are struggling in the face of Chinese dominance. The answer to language revitalisation could lie in grassroots efforts rather than government legislation.