Hakka is a language group of varieties of Chinese spoken natively by the Hakka people in parts of Southern China, Taiwan, some diaspora areas of Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around the world.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2023 estimate, native speakers. StatusWikipedia article on Hakka Chinese: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. RegionSoutheast China (Eastern Guangdong, Western Fujian, Southern Jiangxi, Western Hunan), Taiwan, Hong Kong (New Territories), overseas communities (particularly in Southeast Asia) 2 Classification
Language Kind Official StatusNational Language (Symbolic, Not Sole Official) 2 Connections
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Source Wikipedia: Hakka Chinese
Source Wikipedia: Hakka Chinese
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Hakka Chinese, where written, uses Chinese characters (Han script).
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The Hakka (Chinese: 客家), also referred to as Hakka Chinese or Hakka-speaking Chinese, are a Han Chinese sub-ethnic group whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Chinese language spoken in Jiangxi province.
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Hakka is a language group of varieties of Chinese spoken natively by the Hakka people in parts of Southern China, Taiwan, some diaspora areas of Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around the world.
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Hakka is a language group of varieties of Chinese spoken natively by the Hakka people in parts of Southern China, Taiwan, some diaspora areas of Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around the world.
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1. Glottolog: Hakka Chinese (Glottolog languoid hakk1236)
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AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Hakka Chinese
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Hakka is a language group of varieties of Chinese spoken natively by the Hakka people in parts of Southern China, Taiwan, some diaspora areas of Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around the world.
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In 2023, the Xuexi Qiangguo platform under the supervision of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party had added automatic broadcasting in Hakka Chinese.
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Southeast China (Eastern Guangdong, Western Fujian, Southern Jiangxi, Western Hunan), Taiwan, Hong Kong (New Territories), overseas communities (particularly in Southeast Asia)
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