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== Language ==
The Tau language, often called ''Taues'' or ''Formosaans'', is a West Germanic-based creole language with heavy Southern Min influences. It is only 20-45% mutually intelligible with Dutch, [[Amerikaens|Amerikaans]], and Afrikaans due to its geographic location and cultural heterogeneity.
===== Standardization =====
Today, Tau has been standardized, being given its own Latin-based script. Tau is spoken by all levels of society. However, the legal system uses the more formal and antiquated ''Deftpraat'' language. Deftpraat, more similar to the formal Hollandish dialect, is the main formal register of Tauland and is understood by the middle and upper classes.
===== Vocabulary =====
It is estimated that around 62% of Tau vocabulary is of Germanic and Latin origin, with 28% being of Sinitic origin. The remaining 10% consists of [[Corean]], Japanese, Tagalog, Malay, and Viet words.
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In a casual setting, the colloquial Tau is spoken. It reflects the informality of the [[Amerikaens|Amerikaens language]], in contrast to the rigidity of Deftpraat and Continental Dutch.
== Ethnicity ==
Taulanders, also known as Tau or Tauuans, refer to the ethnocultural group that has formed through centuries of intermarriage and cultural exchange between the Dutch, Han Chinese, and some [[Corea|Corean]] and [[Japan|Japanese]] settlers. Taulanders have seen themselves as distinct since the 1750s. Dutch sailors often married Han Chinese, Austronesian, and Corean women. This eventually led to ethnogenesis and the formation of the modern Tauuan ethnicity.
From a physical perspective, the Tauuan people are a mix of European (Caucasoid), Han/Altaic (Mongoloid), and Aboriginal (Australoid) in different proportions. Many describe them as simply 'Eurasian' in appearance. They may have blonde, black, brown, or even red hair. While most have black and brown eyes, a significant part of the population has green and blue eyes.
Tauland's beauty standards are Eurocentric, with a strong emphasis on desirable European features as a consequence of years of Dutch colonization. Pale skin is also seen as sublime due to the influence of the Dutch, Coreans, and the Japanese.
== Religion ==
The prevalent form of religious belief in
Apart from the syncretic form of traditional Chinese folk religion, Humanistic Buddhism is the major distinguishing trait of modern
While a majority of
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The cultural phenomenon
Western-style pop, hip hop, rhythm and blues, rock, folk, and electronic
Since the success of the film
== Holidays ==
Due to the variety of cultural influences, mainly from Dutch and Han cultures, Tauland observes various cross-cultural holidays as well as its own unique holidays. Several mainstream holidays in the Netherlands or China have been suited to Tauuan culture. Tauland adheres to the Gregorian calendar rather than the Chinese lunisolar calendar.
▲The major official holidays within Taulandt are as followed:
▲* New Year: 1 day (1 January)
▲* Chinese new year: 3 days (12th of February official start)
* Spring Festival: 3 days (1st, 2nd, and 3rd days of 1st Lunisolar month)
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* Easter: 2 days (
* Christmas: 2 days (25th
* 30th of December
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'''Spatial management'''▼
▲===== '''Spatial management''' =====
In urban planning, this is seen in:
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* rational mobility, including a dense railway network and, since the 1970s, the world’s best cycling infrastructure. Almost everybody cycles as a matter of course, and cycling has a modal share of 27% of all trips (urban and rural) nationwide.
Taulanders often minimize the ostentatious display of status and wealth differences
===== Sports =====
Sport is considered a national pastime in
The
Since the 1980s there has been a sharp increase in the number of gyms within the country. Due to social pressure and a
Tauland family structure is based upon both Dutch and Chinese influences, this comes from the fact that many early marriages were between Dutch males (often sailors) and Chinese or Austronesian females. These two influences often over the generations morphed into a strong family structure that has things in common with the Dutch kinship and Chinese kinship systems.
▲Sport is considered a national pastime in Taulandt, and about half of the population actively takes part in sports activities. The most important all-embracing organizations for sports in Taulandt are the Taulandt Sports Confederation. In total over 8 million people (about 38% of the total population) are members of a sports club.
In the modern-day, the Tauland family or ''Gezyn'' as it is called typically consists of a father, a mother, and three children, though some families have four. The extended family is considered to be within two degrees of consanguinity. The parent’s role is to take care of the children and provide stability and encourage them in regard to academic pursuits and to achieve what is expected of them by their family be it academic, art, financial or in some cases personal goals. This great pressure upon children to conform to social norms has somewhat changed as social norms have changed but the basic pressure is still there albeit in a different less direct form.
▲The sports with most participants are various martial arts, climbing, football, tennis, athletics, field hockey, running, and horse riding to name a few. A key part of the Taulandt sport culture and their general active physical fitness comes in the mandated twice a week gymnastic classes that are in all schools from lower to higher education. The main goal of this is to promote physical fitness and promote sports to keep the population healthy happier and better.
What is considered family in Tauland is quite smaller in regards to numbers than on the mainland. Within the family structure, a family might consist of grandparents, their children, and their children, yet beyond that, there is no real connection to other blood relatives outside of the grandparents having contact with their brothers or sisters. While related by blood, it is often the case that a family name might be prevalent and connected by blood but those members not feeling any affiliation to their distant relatives.
▲Since the 1980s there has been a sharp increase in the number of gyms within the country. Due to social pressure and a clear-cut idea of what people need to look like to be considered attractive in Taulandt culture, things such as cardio, CrossFit, weight training has become quite popular in the county.
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