what is the dialect used by the taiwanese?

Answer 1

Your use of the word dialect shows that you probably don't know what the word means. There is a language called Taiwanese that was spoken by most natives before 1949. In that year, Mandarin took over as the official language, and educated people nowadays learn only Mandarin at school. There are many people that speak Hakka, either northern Hakka or Southern Hakka. There are therefore several languages spoken by Taiwanese people. The notion stated here that the writing system is the same for all of these languages is simplistic. Mandarin is the only language taught at school, the only place where writing is taught, and so all languages write in Mandarin. People with no ability in Mandarin tend not be able to write more than a few characters.

Answer 2

Mostly Mandarin. The mainlander Chinese came in and still use Mandarin. The natives still use Taiwanese in daily life, but are required to learn Mandarin.

Being there a person can use Mandarin exclusively, but many people know a few words of Taiwanese. Ask a Taiwanese person to translate how to say "white eye" in Taiwanese (equivalent to ***-hole).

Answer 3

It's just called Taiwanese. The spoken language is different for standard Mandarin but the written is the same as Chinese.

Answer 4

It is not Chinese / Mandarin...

Taiwanese dialect was called "Min Nan Hua" (闽南话 / 閩南

語) Actually it is a form of dialect widely use in all Asia in my

county in Singapore we call that Hokkian or "Fu Jian Hua"

(福建話) both are the same just that we called it in different

name.

Answer 5

chinese?