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 ...

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 ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan celebrated linguistic diversity at the Golden Melody Awards late Saturday with big wins for singers who primarily sing in Mandarin, at one of the most prestigious ...

Japanese students are increasingly heading to Taiwan to study, thanks to expectations of extensive language education, ...

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 ...

BEIJING, May 12 -- Chinese President Hu Jintao proposed new diplomatic language Thursday aimed at ending the decades-old state of hostilities between China and Taiwan, in a rare but tentative ...

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 ...