China–Taiwan

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Official Name
Taiwan, Province of China. Also referred to as Republic of China
Population Full

23,603,000 (2020 World Factbook)

Principal Languages
Mandarin Chinese
Literacy Rate
99% (2014 World Factbook)
General References
Li 1990, Sebeok 1971, Tryon 1995, Tsuchida 1976, Wurm 2000, Wurm 2007, Wurm and Hattori 1981
Deaf Population
104,000 (2004)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for China–Taiwan is 29. Of these, 25 are living and 4 are extinct. Of the living languages, 21 are indigenous and 4 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 4 are institutional, 1 is developing, 9 are in trouble, and 11 are dying. Also listed are 7 unestablished languages.