Hakka language facts for kids
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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
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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)ne2007 | |||
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Writing system | hanzi, romanization | |||
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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 | |||
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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.
- The Hakka Dialect. A Linguistic Study of its Phonology, Syntax and Lexicon, by Mantaro J. Hashimoto. (Cambridge University Press, 1973).
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