根據2011年英國人口普及調查，在英國，約有92.3%的人民使用英語和威爾斯語作為平時主要溝通的語言，同時，英國的外來移民人口眾多，所以在街頭上也能夠聽到多國語言，例如:波蘭語、印度語或中文等等。
Gēn jù 2011 nián yīng guó rén kǒu pǔ jí diào chá, zài yīng guó, yuē yǒu 92.3% de rén mín shǐ yòng yīng yǔ hé wēi ěr sī yǔ zuò wéi píng shí zhǔ yào gōu tōng de yǔ yán, tóng shí, yīng guó de wài lái yí mín rén kǒu zhòng duō, suǒ yǐ zài jiē tóu shàng yě néng gòu tīng dào duō guó yǔ yán, lì rú: Bō lán yǔ, yìn dù yǔ huò zhōng wén děng děng.

「台灣的官方語言是什麼呢?」這是每次向外國人介紹台灣時，許多人問和好奇的問題。其實，台灣人民使用的語言種類多樣，根據台灣人口普及調查，約有83.5%的台灣人是使用「普通話」作為日常溝通的語言，而其中使用閩南語的人口佔有81.9%、客家語6.6%和南島語言1.4%。
`Tái wān de guān fāng yǔ yán shì shén me ne?’ Zhè shì měi cì xiàng wài guó rén jiè shào tái wān shí, xǔ duō rén wèn hé hào qí de wèn tí. Qí shí, tái wān rén mín shǐ yòng de yǔ yán zhǒng lèi duō yàng, gēn jù tái wān rén kǒu pǔ jí diào chá, yuē yǒu 83.5% de tái wān rén shì shǐ yòng `pǔ tōng huà’ zuò wéi rì cháng gōu tōng de yǔ yán, ér qí zhōng shǐ yòng mǐn nán yǔ de rén kǒu zhàn yǒu 81.9%, kè jiā yǔ 6.6% hé nán dǎo yǔ yán 1.4%.

普通話、閩南語和客家話是漢藏語系的其中一部分，使用的範圍遍佈全台，許多家庭至今仍以這些語言來溝通。此外，雖然目前台灣的學校或公司主要是使用「普通話」來學習和溝通，但有時在學校老師和同學們之間也會用閩南語或客家話互相開玩笑來增添課堂樂趣。然而，南島語言可以說是最早出現在台灣的語言，主要使用者是分佈在台灣各地的南島語族(又稱原住民)。
Pǔ tōng huà, mǐn nán yǔ hé kè jiā huà shì hàn zàng yǔ xì de qí zhōng yī bù fèn, shǐ yòng de fàn wéi biàn bù quán tái, xǔ duō jiā tíng zhì jīn réng yǐ zhè xiē yǔ yán lái gōu tōng. Cǐ wài, suī rán mù qián tái wān de xué xiào huò gōng sī zhǔ yào shì shǐ yòng `pǔ tōng huà’ lái xué xí hé gōu tōng, dàn yǒu shí zài xué xiào lǎo shī hé tóng xué men zhī jiān yě huì yòng mǐn nán yǔ huò kè jiā huà hù xiāng kāi wán xiào lái zēng tiān kè táng lè qù. Rán ér, nán dǎo yǔ yán kě yǐ shuō shì zuì zǎo chū xiàn zài tái wān de yǔ​​ yán, zhǔ yào shǐ yòng zhě shì fēn bù zài tái wān gè dì de nán dǎo yǔ zú (yòu chēng yuán zhù mín).

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According to a census in 2011, people who speak English and Welsh as their main languages account for 92.3% of the population in the UK. Meanwhile, there are many immigrants in the UK, so it is common to hear multinational languages in the street, such as Polish, Indian or Chinese. 

‘What is the official language in Taiwan?’ This is a question that I have been asked many times, and many foreigners are curious when I introduce Taiwan to them. In fact, Taiwanese people use various languages. According to the census, 83.5% of the people mainly use Mandarin in their daily communication. However, 81.9%, 6.6% and 1.4% of the population can also speak Taiwanese (Min-Nan), Hakka and Austronesian languages respectively. 

Mandarin, Taiwanese (Min-Nan) and Hakka are parts of Sino-Tibetan languages, and they are widely used across Taiwan. Many families in Taiwan still use these languages for communication. In addition, although we mainly use Mandarin to learn or communicate in schools or firms, teachers and students often make jokes by using Taiwanese or Hakka in schools in order to make the classes more interesting. On the other hand, the Austronesian languages, which could be identified as the first languages that appeared in Taiwan, are mostly used by Austronesian peoples (which are the aborigines in Taiwan).

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