Recent History
All Formosan languages are slowly being replaced by the culturally dominant Standard Chinese. In recent decades the Republic of China government started an aboriginal reappreciation program that included the reintroduction of Formosan first language in Taiwanese schools. However, the results of this initiative have been disappointing.
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