你好!
say it: “ngee HOH”
Hakka
in its own words: 客家話
- Speakers
- 44 million (estimate)
- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Province of China
- Script
- Chinese characters (simplified)
- Official language
- Taiwan, Province of China
Fun fact
The name Hakka (客家) means “guest families”, recalling the group's migration from northern to southern China. The fortified round tulou houses on the UNESCO list are associated with them.