Hoklo Taiwanese

Hoklo Taiwanese

Total population
Approximately 70~76.9% of the Taiwan population[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Taiwan, Penghu
Languages
Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Mandarin
Religion
Majority: Buddhism; Chinese folk religion ; Confucianism ; Taoism ; Animism Minorities: Chinese Salvationist ; Christianity ; Islam ; Baháʼísm ; Shintoism[3]
Related ethnic groups
Hoklo people, Han Taiwanese, Plains Aborigines, Minyue

Hoklo Taiwanese (Chinese: 閩南裔臺灣人) or Holo people (Chinese: 河洛人)^[4] are a major ethnic group in Taiwan whose ancestry is wholly or partially Hoklo. Being Taiwanese of Han origin, their mother tongue is Taiwanese (Tâi-oân-ōe) (Tâi-gí), also known as Taiwanese Hokkien. Due to The Republic of China's national language policy, most are also fluent in Taiwanese Mandarin. Most descend from the Hoklo people of Quanzhou or Zhangzhou in Southern Fujian, China. The term, as commonly understood, signifies those whose ancestors immigrated to Taiwan before 1949. However, most Hoklo Taiwanese prefer to call themselves Taiwanese only.

See also

• Hoklo people
• Hoklo Americans
• Taiwanese people
• Taiwanese Americans
• Hakka Taiwanese
• Han Taiwanese
• Vietnamese people in Taiwan

References

1. "台灣人口". 中華消費者安保協會. Archived from the original on May 21, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
2. "臺灣當前族群認同狀況比較分析" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
3. "台灣帥哥嚮往日本神道教，成屏東高士神社首位台籍神官！他能入行是因為有這個「爸爸」". 風傳媒. 中央社. May 7, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
4. Exec. Yuan (2014), p. 36.

External links

• The Republic of China Yearbook 2014 (PDF). Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2014. ISBN 9789860423020. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
• The Republic of China Yearbook 2015. Executive Yuan, R.O.C. 2015. ISBN 9789860460131.