Hakka language

E708130

Chinese language variety Sinitic language language

The Hakka language is a Sinitic language spoken primarily by the Hakka people across southern China and the global Chinese diaspora, known for its distinct phonology and rich folk song and literary traditions.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hakka Chinese	28
Hakka language canonical	5
Hakka	3
Hakka dialect continuum	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese language variety ⓘ Sinitic language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gan Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ Yue Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Hak-kâ-fa ⓘ Kejia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kejiahua NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	Hakka mountain songs NERFINISHED ⓘ Hakka opera NERFINISHED ⓘ local proverbs and sayings ⓘ oral storytelling tradition ⓘ rich folk song tradition ⓘ
hasDialect	Dabu Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Fengshun Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Hailu Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Heyuan Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiaoling Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Meixian Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Pingyuan Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Sixian Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwanese Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Wuhua Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Yongding Changting Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ Yongding Hakka NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEndangermentStatus	vulnerable in some regions ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	aspect markers for completed action ⓘ classifiers for nouns ⓘ conservative vocabulary elements ⓘ use of sentence-final particles ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinction between voiced and voiceless initials in some dialects ⓘ lack of retroflex initials in many dialects ⓘ preservation of final stop consonants ⓘ rich tone system ⓘ use of entering tones ⓘ
hasRomanization	Hakka Pinyin NERFINISHED ⓘ Pha̍k-fa-sṳ ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	hak ⓘ
languageRegulator	Hakka Affairs Council (Taiwan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Chinese language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
promotedBy	Hakka Affairs Council (Taiwan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Fujian Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Global Chinese diaspora ⓘ Guangdong Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Hunan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiangxi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Macau NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritius NERFINISHED ⓘ Reunion NERFINISHED ⓘ Sichuan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Hakka people NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
usedAs	marker of Hakka ethnic identity ⓘ
usedIn	Hakka education programs ⓘ Hakka literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Hakka media ⓘ Hakka religious practices ⓘ
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ Latin alphabet (romanization) ⓘ