On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:46 PM, Patrick Chew wrote:

> Actually, that's misinformation.
> While the whole of the population of Taiwan is educated in Mandarin,
> Mandarin is spoken as primary language by only a minority. Minnan and
> Hakka are still in the majority as primary language spoken, with
> Mandarin spoken as secondary by most of the populace.
>

I stand corrected.

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