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 |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-gap |
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. The most widely spoken of the five Hakka dialects on Taiwan are Sixian and Hailu. 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.