How do you translate Sherlock Holmes stories into a language that doesn’t have a commonly accepted writing system? This is the question faced by Kí Phín-tsì (紀品志), a Tâi-gí linguist, translator, and co-creator of the Bite-Size Taiwanese podcast.

In this #InTaiwanWeSpeak episode, Phín-tsì shares the challenge of translating world literature into his native Tâi-gí — a language many people in Taiwan speak but few know how to read.

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In the last part of our conversation, Tayal community activist and scholar Wasiq Silan speaks about the Sámi Indigenous representation in her second home, Finland. She also shares her experience voicing Taiwan's lesser-known Indigenous histories internationally.

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Providing Tayal elders with Indigenous-centred care is a matter of respect, says Wasiq Silan, a Tayal activist and researcher. She dedicated years to studying elderly care and its potential to give Indigenous elders the truly fulfilled ageing they deserve.

Hear more about decolonising care in Taiwan in the second part of our conversation with Dr. Wasiq Silan, where she also invites us all to a walking tour of her native Wulai community.

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Gao I-An was raised in a small Indigenous community among the mountains of New Taipei and, like most other Indigenous kids, was discouraged from embracing her ancestral language. But even far from home, the Tayal heritage accompanied her throughout the years and eventually inspired her to reclaim her language and name — Wasiq.

In this #InTaiwanWeSpeak episode, we hear from Dr. Wasiq Silan, a Tayal community activist and scholar, about her journey, homeland and language. Go on your podcast apps to listen now.

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The Siraya language was considered long lost until a recent discovery revealed religious texts written by Dutch missionaries centuries back in a local tongue. They have become a primary source of knowledge about the Siraya language and a basis for its revitalisation.

In the last part of this series, we speak with the Sirayan scholar and activist Jolan Hsieh about her language's path towards revival, the discoveries that enabled it, and the work that lies ahead.

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“Plains Indigenous” or “Mountains Indigenous” — a colonial framework of categorising Taiwan’s Austronesian peoples that is still prevalent in its legal system and policies. But Jolan Hsieh, a Siraya activist and scholar, believes that this is a “false dichotomy” that only serves to divide and separate Indigenous communities.

In the second part of the #InTaiwanWeSpeak interview, Dr. Hsieh discusses how we can move away from this framework and overcome its legacy.

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This year, Tainan celebrates its 400th anniversary as Taiwan’s oldest city. In this place in 1624, the Dutch built Fort Zeelandia, their first colonial outpost on the island. But they were not the first to settle this land. As the Dutch fort rose from the ground, the Siraya and other Indigenous peoples of this land faced an uncertain future of oppression, assimilation and cultural erosion that would last for centuries.

Who are the Siraya people? And what kind of history are they celebrating this year? We talk with Dr. Jolan Hsieh, or Bavaragh Dagalomai, a Siraya activist, scholar and director of the Center for International Indigenous Affairs at the National Dong Hwa University.

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Once again, in Taiwan we speak Tâi-gí... Except, who are “we”? Which “we” are we exactly? Our guest has at least three answers to that!

Find out what makes Tâi-gí pronouns so unique and why the language is written in both Chinese and English-like characters — listen to the last part of our conversation with Dr. Lîm Ka-î from the National Academy for Educational Research.

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“It has given me direction in life.” That is how Lîm Ka-î speaks about her native language Tâi-Gí. Although she did not grow up speaking it fluently, it has now become the work of her life. In the second part of our conversation with Dr. Lim, she reflects on her work reviving and promoting Tâi-Gí, and on the future that her language has ahead.

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What is the difference between Taigi, Taiwanese, Taiwanese Hokkien, Minnan and Hoklo? These are only some of the names different people use for Tâi-gí, one of Taiwan’s most spoken languages. So what should we call the language that, to this day, remains the native language of the absolute majority of Taiwan’s population?

To make sense of this naming mess, we talk with Lîm Ka-î, or Liz Lim, a researcher of Tâi-gí at the National Academy for Educational Research.

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