Re: Archaeology unearths gout in early Pacific people

On Nov 28, 2:35 pm, richard01 <richardparke...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I correspond with a Taiwanese linguist, who tells me I should refer to
the aboriginals as Formosans, and the majority Chinese
as Taiwanese. (As Formosa was named by the Portuguese, I find this a
little weird).

regards

Richard

But "Taiwan" is a Chinese name, so "Taiwanese" for the Aboriginals
would be just as weird.
And "Taiwanese" has become established as a name for the common
variety of Chinese spoken there. So linguists (at least) stick with
"Formosan" for the AN languages.

Ross Clark

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