Taiwan's Chinese

Like great hybrid Taiwan's culture is, their language is no different, but the main language spoken is Mandarin, and there you can find excellent language academies and schools that will teach you to fluently speak it.

Taiwan is such a diverse cultural landscape that holds lots of different spoken languages, statistically speaking there are around seven major languages spoken all throughout Taiwan. But the official one determined by the Republic of China (Taiwan) is Mandarin, instituted since 1950, after the Republic of China became the governing polity on Taiwan.

Ever since then Taiwan as developed as a center for Chinese culture, and throughout the World is ranked as the best place for a foreigner to learn Mandarin. This is because many of the World Mandarin language programs for foreigners are in Taiwan. Not only that, the tuition rates for Mandarin language programs are pretty low and fairly economical, compared to other locations in Asia, plus the availability of many scholarships for foreigners wishing to study chinese from Taiwan. And, due to their advanced educational system, studying in Taiwan provides a complete fully immersed environment. Ideal for you to be fluent on the language in a relative short period of time. Also, not to mention, the great advantages that living and studying in a well developed asian country, that has all the commodities of a first world country.

There are many available language academies available where you can receive effective lessons, both private and public. Officially, the The Taiwan Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC) has on their website a very useful and helpful guide for students interested of learning Mandarin in Taiwan, with complete information you need to know, such as: Immigration and visas (such as requirements, types of visas, etc), transportation (means of transportation both domestic and abroad), travel information, Tourist attractions, In-depth travel, art & culture, eating and drinking, shopping, general living tips. Pretty much all you need to know covered in full detail.


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