Know Thy Hakka

Hakka, abbreviated as Hakka, is the main language used by the Han ethnic group Hakka; one of the seven major dialects of Chinese.

Hakka is also called Hakka in informal situations.

According to different accents, it can be divided into Meizhou dialect, Huiyang dialect, Heyuan dialect and so on. In some areas, it is also called Ya language, New Citizen language, Local Cantonese, etc.

The Hakka language is mainly represented by Meixian dialect.

In real life, Huiyang dialect has a greater influence.

Hakka language has strong local characteristics, and almost every city has its own characteristics.

In different Hakka dialects, the tones are also different. Most Hakka languages have different tones, with a total of 6 tones. A few areas have 5 or 7 tones.

Hakka is a living fossil of ancient Chinese, and has preserved a large number of characteristics of ancient Chinese: for example, the word-formation characteristics of Hakka are similar to those of ancient Chinese, and it has retained many of the pronunciation characteristics of ancient Chinese in the Central Plains region, as well as a large number of ancient Chinese characters. Chinese words inherit and develop ancient Chinese.