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ISO 639-3 · hakhak
Sino-Tibetan family
Hakka Chinese
Hak-kâ-ngî
Hakka Chinese is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in Indonesia, Brunei, China and Taiwan. Wikidata counts 48.2 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Sinitic language originating in southern China”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hak- Glottocode
hakk1236- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- 24.40, 115.40
- Wikipedia
- 78 language editions
48.2 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
2scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Hakka Chinese · Hak-kâ-ngî |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kejia, Hakka, Hakka language, Hakka dialect, Hakka dialects |
| L1 speakers | 48,200,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Chinese characters, Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Hakka Chinese
The branches above Hakka Chinese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Indonesia
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