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This paper provides a geolinguistic analysis of family language use in Taiwan, based on the census carried out in 2010 by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (Executive Yuan, Republic of China - Taiwan). We present four maps for this study, displaying the distribution of the three main native languages, the spreading of Mandarin, the relatively dominant languages in Taiwan, and an overview of the distribution of languages in Taiwan. We then proceed to a comparative analysis. We hope this study can contribute to both the linguistic sociology and linguistic geography of Taiwan and provide a scientific basis for language regionalization and compartmentalization in the language planning of Taiwan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]