lushing emerged as a distinctively middle-class, Taiwanese alternative to Cantonese-dominated Chinatown in the 1980s, but many Taiwanese have since moved elsewhere in Queens or the metropolitan area, as the neighborhood became home to a wide variety of immigrants from mainland China. A significant number of Taiwanese New Yorkers speak Mandarin Chinese, being 外省人 or "outsiders to the province" (with parents or grandparents who came from the mainland before 1949). Others (being 本省人 or "insiders to the province") speak Taiwanese, a form of Southern Min (related to Fujianese and other forms of Min Chinese in the city) variously known as 臺語, 台語, Tâi-gú, and Tâi-gí. With roots on the island going back at least to the 17th century, Taiwanese has been reviving in recent years along with the concept of a distinctive Taiwanese identity. A small number of other Taiwanese New Yorkers may have some knowledge of or connection to other languages of Taiwan, including the numerous, now endangered Austronesian languages which are indigenous to the island.