Hakka Language: Primary branch of Chinese originating in Southern China
Hakka is a dialect of the Chinese language spoken mainly in southern China by the Hakka people and their descendants now living in East and Southeast Asia and countries around the world.
| Hakka | |
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| 客家語/客家语/客家話/客家话 | |
 Hak-kâ-fa/Hak-kâ-va (Hakka/Kejia) written in Chinese characters | |
| Native to | China, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan (due to presence of Taiwanese community in Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area), Singapore, Indonesia, Mauritius, Suriname, South Africa, India, Vietnam and other countries where Hakka Chinese-speaking migrants have settled. |
| Region | in China: Eastern Guangdong province; adjoining regions of Fujian and Jiangxi provinces |
| Ethnicity | Hakka people (Han Chinese) |
Native speakers | 30 million (2007) |
| hanzi, romanization | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | none (legislative bills have been proposed for it to be one of the "national languages" in the Republic of China) |
Recognised minority language in | one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the ROC; government sponsors Hakka-language television station to preserve language |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hak |
| Glottolog | hakk1236 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 客家話 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 客家话 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
Further reading
Hakka Chinese edition of Wiki, the free encyclopedia
- The Hakka Dialect. A Linguistic Study of its Phonology, Syntax and Lexicon, by Mantaro J. Hashimoto. (Cambridge University Press, 1973).
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