We start our new series with Hawaii’s little-known connection to Taiwan, an island in East Asia that sits just below China. Mandarin is the main spoken language. Some speak Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka ...

In 2006, 301 higher education students were studying Indonesian. There are no measurable amount of Indonesian language students in grades K-12. Indonesian belongs to the Austronesian language family.

"Southern Origin Theory" or "Mainland Origin Theory"? Scholarly interest in the Austronesian language family began with early 18th century linguistics. In 1706, Dutch scholar Adriaan Reland ...