Hakka language

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Hakka
Traditional Chinese: 客家話
Simplified Chinese: 客家话

Hakka (Traditional Chinese: 客家話; Simplified Chinese: 客家话; Pinyin: Kèjiāhuà; Hakka: [hak1-ka44-va53]) is one form 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.

References [change]

  • The Hakka Dialect. A Linguistic Study of its Phonology, Syntax and Lexicon, by Mantaro J. Hashimoto. (Cambridge University Press, 1973).