Hakka Chinese
primary branch of Chinese originating in Southern China
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Summary
Hakka Chinese is a natural language[1]. It draws 4,211 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #85 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Indonesia[3], Brunei[4], People's Republic of China[5], Taiwan[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7], varieties of Chinese[8]
- Subclass of: Chinese[9]
- Writing system: Chinese characters[10], Pe̍h-ōe-jī[11]
- Commons category: Hakka Chinese language[12]
- Wikimedia language code: hak[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hakka Chinese[14]
- Language regulatory body: Guangdong[15], Council for Hakka Affairs[16]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 48,200,000[17]
- Replaces: Middle Chinese[18]
- Topic has template: Q20690030[19]
- Native label: Hak-kâ-ngî[20], 客家話[21], 客話[22], 客家话[23], Hak-kâ-fa[24], Hak-kâ-va[25], 客话[26], Hak-fa[27], Hak-va[28]
- Different from: Akha[29]
- Uses: Hakka Chinese characters[30], Hakka Transliteration Scheme[31], Pha̍k-fa-sṳ[32]
- Indigenous to: Guangxi[33], Fujian[34], Guangdong[35], Hainan[36], Hunan[37], Jiangxi[38], Sichuan[39], Hong Kong[40], Taiwan[41], West Kalimantan[42], Ketapang[43], Singkawang[44], Taoyuan[45], Hsinchu City[46]
- Studied by: Hakka studies[47]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/HAK[48]
- Permanent duplicated item: Hakkka Language[49]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[50]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[51]
Why It Matters
Hakka Chinese has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
It has been cited as an influence by Indonesian[54], a language[55], in Indonesia[56].
FAQs
Who did Hakka Chinese influence?
Hakka Chinese has been cited as an influence by Indonesian[54].