Hakka

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Hakka is a Sinitic language spoken primarily by the Hakka people across southern China and various overseas Chinese communities.

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Observed surface forms (10)


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language
Sinitic language
language
associatedWith Hakka cuisine
Hakka culture
Hakka tulou regions
closelyRelatedTo Gan Chinese
Yue Chinese
hasAlternativeName Hakka
surface form: Hakka Chinese

Kejia
Kejiahua
hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dabu Hakka

Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fengshun Hakka

Ganxian Hakka
Hailu Hakka
Heyuan Hakka
Hong Kong Hakka
Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indonesian Hakka

Jiaoling Hakka
Longchuan Hakka
Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malaysian Hakka

Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Meixian Hakka

Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Singapore Hakka

Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sixian Hakka

Taiwanese Hakka
Wuhua Hakka
Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yongding Hakka
hasEthnologueEntry Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hakka Chinese
hasGlottologCode hakk1236
hasISO639-3Code hak
hasLinguisticFeature lack of retroflex initials compared to Mandarin
preservation of final stops -p -t -k
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between voiced and voiceless initials in some dialects
tone language
hasRevitalizationEffortIn Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

China
surface form: Mainland China

Formosa
surface form: Taiwan
hasStandardDialect Meixian Hakka
hasWritingStandard Hakka Romanization System
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
languageBranch Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Cantonese
Mandarin Chinese
Taiwanese Hokkien
surface form: Min Nan
spokenBy Hakka people
spokenIn Australia
Canada
China
Fujian
Guangdong Province
surface form: Guangdong

Guangxi Province
surface form: Guangxi

Hainan
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Hunan Province
surface form: Hunan

Indonesia
Jiangxi Province
surface form: Jiangxi

Macau
Malaysia
Mauritius
Myanmar
New Zealand
Sichuan Province
surface form: Sichuan

Singapore
South Africa
Suriname
Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

Thailand
United States of America
surface form: United States

Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
subclassOf Hakka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hakka Chinese
taughtAs heritage language in overseas Chinese communities
taughtAt National Hakka University (Taiwan, planned/related institutions)
usedFor daily communication among Hakka people
usedIn Hakka opera
Hakka television and radio broadcasting
traditional Hakka folk songs
writingSystem Chinese characters

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penang commonLanguage Hakka
this entity surface form: Hokkien
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
Sun Yat-sen ethnicGroup Hakka
Hakka hasAlternativeName Hakka
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Meixian Hakka
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sixian Hakka
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yongding Hakka
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fengshun Hakka
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Singapore Hakka
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malaysian Hakka
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Indonesian Hakka
Hakka hasDialect Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dabu Hakka
Hakka hasEthnologueEntry Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
Singkawang hasLanguage Hakka
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
subject surface form: Southern China
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
Chinese language hasPart Hakka
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
this entity surface form: Hokkien
Lingnan language Hakka
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
Shenzhen, China language Hakka
subject surface form: Shenzhen
Keelung languageCommon Hakka
Tan languageContext Hakka
Binondo languageUsed Hakka
this entity surface form: Hokkien
this entity surface form: Hokkien
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
Fujian majorLocalLanguage Hakka
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
this entity surface form: Hokkien
this entity surface form: Hokkien
China regionalLanguage Hakka
Hakka subclassOf Hakka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hakka Chinese
Wong usedInDialect Hakka
Chan usedInLanguage Hakka
this entity surface form: Hokkien
this entity surface form: Hokkien