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Glossika english russian9/21/2023 There are far more minority-language speakers in France (Breton, Alsatian German, &c.), but you don’t hear any complaints about calling the majority language “French,” and for good reason. There are hardly any speakers of those languages left, and they play essentially no role in the life of the nation. As for its ignoring the Austronesian languages of the island, I’m sorry, but that’s life. So it’s not comparable to “American” (which is used by some as a quirky alternative but is not at all widespread) it’s the standard name. “Do you speak Taiwanese?” “Mainlanders never learn Taiwanese.” &c &c. In the first place, I’ve never heard anyone, Chinese or waiguoren, refer to the majority language of Taiwan as anything but Taiwanese. ![]() ![]() OK, I’m all for proper language names, but this seems silly to me.
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