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Taiwan indigenous peoples' long road to preserving mother tongues

Despite the language gap, younger indigenous people still try to keep their cultures alive

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Katherine Wei

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When Ms Kalitin Humi decided to drop her Han Chinese name and start using her indigenous name in 2016, her mother objected.
"She was worried I would face discrimination and make things difficult for myself," Ms Humi said.
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