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Today I Learned.In Taiwan (which uses Chinese as the official language), they do not use the Romanization system, they teach an additional "注音符號" (Zhuyin Fuhao). It consists of 37 characters and five tone marks, which together can transcribe all possible sounds in Mandarin Chinese.

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