Hakka Dialect (Noun)
Meaning
A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Hakka dialect is one of the oldest dialects in China, with a history dating back to the Song Dynasty.
- Speakers of the Hakka dialect are mostly concentrated in the southeastern provinces of China, such as Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangxi.
- As a minority language, the Hakka dialect faces the challenge of preservation in the face of the increasingly dominant Mandarin Chinese.
- Despite this, efforts are being made to document and teach the Hakka dialect to younger generations through language schools and cultural programs.
- Researchers studying the Hakka dialect have made significant contributions to our understanding of the language's grammatical structure and linguistic features.