Taiwanese Hakka | |
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臺灣客家語 Toiˇ Vanˇ Hagˋ Gaˊ Ngiˊ Thòi-vân Hak-kâ-ngî |
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Native to | Taiwan |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
ISO 639-6 | htia |
Glottolog | None |
![]() Proportion of residents aged 6 or older using Hakka at home in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen & Matsu in 2010
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Taiwanese Hakka is a group of Hakka dialects spoken in Taiwan, and mainly used by people of Hakka ancestry. Taiwanese Hakka is dvided into 5 primary dialects: Sixian, Hailu, Dabu, Raoping, and Zhaoan.[1] The most widely spoken of the five Hakka dialects on Taiwan are Sixian and Hailu.[2] The former, Sixian, possesses 6 tones and originates from Meizhou, Guangdong, while the latter, Hailu, possesses 7 tones, and originates from Haifeng and Lufeng, Guangdong.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Amazing Hakka". Hakka Affairs Council. 2010-12-29. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "Chapter 2: People and Language" (PDF). The Republic of China Yearbook 2010. Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan). p. 42. ISBN 9789860252781. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-05.
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