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National Languages Committee
國語推行委員會 Guóyǔ Tuīxíng Wěiyuánhuì
Agency overview
Formed
21 April 1919 (1919-04-21)
Dissolved
1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)
Superseding agency
Fourth Sector (Reading and Language Education), Department of Lifelong Education, Ministry of Education
Jurisdiction
Taiwan (ROC)
Agency executive
Tsao Feng-fu, Chairman
Parent agency
Ministry of Education
Website
www.edu.tw/mandr
National Languages Committee
Traditional Chinese
國語推行委員會
Simplified Chinese
国语推行委员会
Literal meaning
National Language(s) Promotion Committee
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Guóyǔ Tuīxíng Wěiyuánhuì
Wade–Giles
Kuo2-yü3 T'ui1-hsing2 Wei3-yüan2-hui4
Name at creation
Traditional Chinese
國語統一籌備會
Simplified Chinese
国语统一筹备会
Literal meaning
Preparatory Commission for the Unification of the National Language
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Guóyǔ Tǒngyī Chóubèi Huì
Wade–Giles
Kuo2-yü3 T'ung3-i1 Ch'ou2-pei4 Hui4
Second name
Traditional Chinese
國語統一籌備委員會
Simplified Chinese
国语统一筹备委员会
Literal meaning
Preparatory Committee for the Unification of the National Language
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Guóyǔ Tǒngyī Chóubèi Wěiyuánhuì
Wade–Giles
Kuo2-yü3 T'ung3-i1 Ch'ou2-pei4 Wei3-yüan2-hui4
The National Languages Committee was established in 1928 by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China with the purpose of standardizing and popularizing the usage of Standard Chinese (also called Mandarin) in the Republic of China. The committee was known in English as the Mandarin Promotion Council or the National Languages Promotion Committee until 2003, but the Chinese name has not changed. The phrase Guoyu (國語 "National language") typically refers to Standard Chinese, but could also be interpreted as referring to "national languages".[1] The reorganization of the Executive Yuan made the duties of the National Languages Committee be transferred to the Department of Lifelong Education's fourth sector (Reading and Language Education) from 2013.[2]
It was created as the Preparatory Commission for the Unification of the National Language by the Republic (then still based in Nanjing) on 21 April 1919. On 12 December 1928, the commission was renamed to the Preparatory Committee for the Unification of the National Language, headed by Woo Tsin-hang and had 31 members. The committee was revived in 1983 as the Mandarin Promotion Council based on Taiwan.
The decisions reached by the Council include:
Changing the first- and second-grade textbook titles from Guowen (國文 "National Script") to Guoyu (國語 "National language"), on 24 January 1920
Publishing the Guoyin Zidian (國音字典 "National Pronunciation Dictionary") edited by Woo Tsin-hang, on 24 December 1920. The Guoyin Zidian later became the Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (國語辭典; Guóyǔ Cídiǎn), a comprehensive online[3] and CD-ROM Traditional Chinese Mandarin dictionary.
The Committee for National Language Romanization (羅馬字母拼音研究委員會) under the Council selects and modifies Romanization Systems. The official Mandarin romanization systems in the Republic of China have been:
Gwoyeu Romatzyh (1928–1984)
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II (1984–2002)
Tongyong Pinyin (2002–2008)
Hanyu Pinyin (starting on 1 January 2009)
Since the Taiwanization movement took hold in government, the committee also handles:
Researching mainland China Mandarin
Researching the Formosan languages
Researching other varieties of Chinese or languages like Hakka and Taiwanese Hokkien
^Tsao, Feng-fu (2008). "Chapter 6: The Language Planning Situation in Taiwan: An Update". In Kaplan, Robert B.; Baldauf, Richard B. (eds.). Language Planning and Policy in Asia: Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese Characters. Vol. 1. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. p. 286. ISBN 9781847690951. OCLC 214322775.
^李婉慈 (26 February 2013). "國語推行委員會承辦的本國語文業務，改由業務換由「終身教育司」的「第四科閱讀及語文教育科」承辦". 教育部國民小學師資培用聯盟學習領域平台 (in Chinese). National Taichung University of Education. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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