Act of Broadcasting Language Equality Protection In Public Transport was enacted on April 19， 2000， with the aim of ensuring that broadcast services on public transportation are accessible to citizens speaking different languages. This legislation can be regarded as Taiwan′s first policy concerning language rights in the public sphere. It emphasizes safeguarding substantive equality among various domestic ethnic groups， promoting multicultural development， and facilitating the use of public transportation by all groups. This paper aims to explore the status of announcement languages on public transport， focusing specifically on the order of the languages broadcast. The core problem addressed is that the Act fails to explicitly define the order of languages. Consequently， disparities have been reconstructed at the implementation level， shaping a collective memory of using public transport and even causing ethnic languages to be marginalized once again due to the inclusion of foreign languages. By collecting and organizing domestic and international literature on language policy， language status， and public sphere language use as an analytical framework， this study selects the announcement language order of public transport in specific regions as the subject of analysis. Through semi-structured， in-depth interviews with thirteen respondents， the study explores the policy considerations and sociocultural connotations behind the language order on various public transport systems. The findings reveal that the sequence of broadcast languages on public transport not only reflects language status and power structures， but also conveys the attitudes and values of policymakers and social groups toward minority languages. This study contributes to providing a reference for future language policy planning， aiming to promote language equality within a multicultural social context. Keywords: ethnic groups， Hakka， language status， language policy， language rights
