Alternate Names: Hakka, Hokka, Ke, Kechia, Kejia, Majiahua, Tu Guangdonghua, Xinminhua
Dialects: Changting, Hailu, Huayang, Huizhou, Ning-Long (Longnan), Pingdong, Tingzhou (Min-Ke), Tonggu, Yuebei, Yue-Tai (Meixian, Raoping, Taiwan Kejia), Yuezhong, Yugui. Yue-Tai (Meixian) is standard dialect. Lexical similarity: with Gan Chinese ,. A member of macrolanguage Chinese ,.
Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Han.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 25,700,000 in China (1984). Population total all countries: 30,082,810.
Language Use: All ages. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn]. Used as L2 by She [shx].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 91% (2000 census, Han nationality). Highly literate in Chinese and they use that literature. Radio programs. Bible: 1916.
Typology: SVO; tonal.
Writing System: Han (Traditional), Latin
Nation of Origin: China