User:Yhjow/Taiwanese Hoklo

The Taiwanese Hoklo (台灣河洛人） generally refers to those Taiwanese who speak Taiwanese Hokkien as their mother tongue language. They also include those Hoklo-sinicized (or Hokkien-sinicized) Siraya people, sinicized Yue peoples and hoklonized Hakka people. In general, they are the descendants of a mixed ethnicity based on the Han Chinese migrants from south-east coastal region of mainland China and the local hoklo-sinicized Siraya people.

The largest source of origin for Taiwanese Hoklo came from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in southern Fujian of China. They migrated to Taiwan in the 17th and 18th centuries. This is then followed by Teochew migrants from Chaoshan region of Guangdong in China. All of them are the descendents of Han Chinese and Yue people.

Because about 70% of the population in Taiwan are Hoklo, Taiwanese is often used interchangeably with Hoklo. People who are aware of the multi-ethnic nature of Taiwan recognize the two are not identical, although most people will know by context when this word refers to people from Taiwan and when this word refers specifically to Hoklos.