Chinese and Formosan

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Chinese adjective - Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language.

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Formosan and Chinese are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formosan" instead an adjective "Chinese".

Nearby Words: chin, China

Formosan adjective - Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language.

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Chinese and Formosan are semantically related. You can use "Chinese" instead an adjective "Formosan".

Malayo-Polynesian: Malay, Indonesian, Filipino/Tagalog, Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Hawaiian.... The peoples who spoke these 26 "Formosan" languages are not ethnic Chinese, but most have long lost their ancestral tongues and speak Taiwanese Southern Min or Mandarin.

Source: Useful Notes / Chinese Dialects and Accents

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