By Jason Pan / Staff reporter, with CNA The Makatao community in southern Taiwan on Wednesday last week submitted a formal request for government recognition, capping off three decades of activism. Makatao elder Pan An-chuan (潘安全) of Pingtung County’s Neipu Township (內埔) told the Taipei... read full story
"Throughout history, we have interacted with the Paiwan people and Han settlers. The elders used to speak Makatao, mixed with Hoklo and words from Paiwan, so it is difficult to rejuvenate our original mother tongue,"