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Total population | |
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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.