Hakka Dialect in China

It is widely used by Hakkas in southern China, mainly including Zhaoan in eastern Guangdong, northern Fujian, Pinghe, Nanjing, Xiao Yun and southern Fujian. There are many Hakka villages and towns, with hundreds of thousands of Hakkas. Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan and other provinces also use Hakka dialect. Use Hakka dialect influenced by Zhangzhou dialect. Meixian dialect is represented by southern Jiangxi, southeastern Guangxi, Taoyuan, Taiwan Province Province, Hsinchu, Msu, Sichuan and Zhejiang. Hakkas migrated from the Central Plains to the South. Although living in scattered places, Hakka dialect still has its own system, and the internal differences are not too great. Although it is a southern dialect, Hakka dialect was formed under the influence of northern immigrants going south, so Hakka dialect retains some characteristics of medieval Zhongyuan dialect. Hakka dialect is not only used by Hakkas of Han nationality, but also widely used by She nationality. The population using Hakka dialect accounts for about 4% of the total population and 3.6% of the total population of Han nationality.

Hakka dialects are widely distributed, many of which are hilly and mountainous areas, and the transportation is inconvenient, forming various Hakka dialects. As far as the division of dialects is concerned, Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province Province and overseas are not unified. Traditionally, in Chinese mainland, Hakka dialect is divided into north and south parts, each part contains several pieces, and each piece is subdivided into several pieces. Taiwan Province Province, on the other hand, divides Hakka dialect into administrative organs according to the principle of "names follow the subject", and each administrative organ adopts the authoritative division method of its language department.

Division of Hakka dialects in Chinese mainland;

1. The southern regions include (Guangdong, Central Guangdong, Northern Guangdong, Dongjiang, Chaoshan, Juck Zhang, Guangdong, Guiqiong).

2. Northern movies are (Ganzhou, Tingzhou, Ninglong, Yugui, Tonggu and Chuanxiang).

3. An undivided dialect island.

Division of Hakka languages in Taiwan Province;

Sixian dialect, Hailu dialect (Hsinchu dialect), Dapu dialect (Dongshi dialect), Raoping dialect, Zhaoan dialect, Tingzhou dialect, Yongding dialect and Fengshun dialect.