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He didn't claim the language was Taiwanese, only the characters. That seems reasonable for Chinese characters that were used predominantly in Taiwan, no?
by jessriedel 9y ago
He didn't claim the language was Taiwanese, only the characters. That seems reasonable for Chinese characters that were used predominantly in Taiwan, no?
- dwohnitmok 9y agoThis is a somewhat confusing way of putting it. This Bible isn't written in Mandarin (PRC or Taiwanese dialects thereof) and that's why it's using these non-Unihan characters. A Taiwanese Mandarin version wouldn't be using these characters. This Bible is written in (Taiwanese) Hokkien and that's why the GP is having issues with finding these characters in Unihan. EDIT: I do appreciate that "Taiwanese" as in Taiwanese characters is ambiguous. I initially also read that as a "characters used in works written for a Taiwanese audience in Taiwanese Mandarin."
- kristianov 9y agoThe characters are all Chinese. Same characters can be found in written Cantonese dialect of Chinese.