Hakka language

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The Hakka language is a Sinitic language spoken primarily by the Hakka people across southern China and the global Chinese diaspora, known for its distinct phonology and rich folk song and literary traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hakka Chinese 28
Hakka language canonical 5
Hakka 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Sinitic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Gan Chinese NERFINISHED
Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
Yue Chinese NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Hak-kâ-fa
Kejia language NERFINISHED
Kejiahua NERFINISHED
hasCulturalFeature Hakka mountain songs NERFINISHED
Hakka opera NERFINISHED
local proverbs and sayings
oral storytelling tradition
rich folk song tradition
hasDialect Dabu Hakka NERFINISHED
Fengshun Hakka NERFINISHED
Hailu Hakka NERFINISHED
Heyuan Hakka NERFINISHED
Hong Kong Hakka NERFINISHED
Jiaoling Hakka NERFINISHED
Meixian Hakka NERFINISHED
Pingyuan Hakka NERFINISHED
Sixian Hakka NERFINISHED
Taiwanese Hakka NERFINISHED
Wuhua Hakka NERFINISHED
Yongding Changting Hakka NERFINISHED
Yongding Hakka NERFINISHED
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable in some regions
hasLinguisticFeature aspect markers for completed action
classifiers for nouns
conservative vocabulary elements
use of sentence-final particles
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between voiced and voiceless initials in some dialects
lack of retroflex initials in many dialects
preservation of final stop consonants
rich tone system
use of entering tones
hasRomanization Hakka Pinyin NERFINISHED
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
ISO639-3Code hak
languageRegulator Hakka Affairs Council (Taiwan) NERFINISHED
partOf Chinese language family NERFINISHED
promotedBy Hakka Affairs Council (Taiwan) NERFINISHED
region Fujian Province NERFINISHED
Global Chinese diaspora
Guangdong Province NERFINISHED
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED
Hong Kong NERFINISHED
Hunan Province NERFINISHED
Indonesia NERFINISHED
Jiangxi Province NERFINISHED
Macau NERFINISHED
Malaysia NERFINISHED
Mauritius NERFINISHED
Reunion NERFINISHED
Sichuan Province NERFINISHED
Singapore NERFINISHED
Southern China NERFINISHED
Suriname NERFINISHED
Taiwan NERFINISHED
Thailand NERFINISHED
Vietnam NERFINISHED
spokenBy Hakka people NERFINISHED
subclassOf Sino-Tibetan language
usedAs marker of Hakka ethnic identity
usedIn Hakka education programs
Hakka literature NERFINISHED
Hakka media
Hakka religious practices
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin alphabet (romanization)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pha̍k-fa-sṳ writingSystemFor Hakka language
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ language Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Kejia alternativeName Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Kejia alternativeName Hakka language
Kejiahua hasAlternativeName Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
National Hakka University focusesOn Hakka language
Hakka people useLanguage Hakka language
Hakka people useLanguage Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Hong Kong Hakka subclassOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Hong Kong Hakka languageGroup Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Hakka opera usesLanguage Hakka language
Wu Po-hsiung languageSpoken Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Pinghua distinctFrom Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
She people alsoSpeak Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Heyuan Hakka languageFamily Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Heyuan Hakka isRegionalVarietyOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Jiaoling Hakka subclassOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Jiaoling Hakka isRegionalVarietyOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Jiaoling Hakka isPartOf Hakka dialect continuum
linked to: Hakka language
Singapore Hokkien influencedBy Hakka
linked to: Hakka language
Ye Jianying languageSpoken Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Wuhua Hakka subclassOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Wuhua Hakka isDialectOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Longchuan Hakka subgroupOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Longchuan Hakka languageGroup Hakka
linked to: Hakka language
Longchuan Hakka ethnicGroup Hakka
linked to: Hakka language
Meixian Hakka standardFor Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Meixian Hakka prestigeVarietyOf Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Chaoshan dialect influencedBy Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Hengzhou dialect group differsFrom Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Ganzhou languageDialect Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Longyan languageUsed Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Luzhou District languageUsed Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Chiayi County commonlySpokenLanguage Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Shaoguan language Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Xindian District language Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language
Morisyen hasInfluenceFrom Hakka Chinese
linked to: Hakka language