Hakka
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Hakkas,
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Hakka
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a member of a Chinese people originally of northern China, now widely distributed throughout southeastern China, in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and in Southeast Asia.
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the Chinese language spoken by the Hakka.
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That is in part because his mother, from southern Taiwan, is Hakka, a people that began migrating from the mainland as early as the 17th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A member of the Hakka Chinese community, Mr Hou's family moved from India to Canada in the 1980s and then to the US.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
The awards celebrate not only Mandopop but also artists singing in Taiwanese - also known as Hokkien - Hakka and indigenous languages, a visible sign of the government's efforts to promote tongues other than Mandarin.
From Reuters ● Jul. 2, 2023
Taiwanese people — who typically speak the Taiwanese or Hakka dialects at home — are sometimes called benshengren, or people from this province.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
"Who comes?" said a harsh but guarded voice, with a strong Hakka brogue.
From Dragon's blood by Henry Milner Rideout
Originally from mainland China, many Hakkas moved to Hong Kong in the 17th century, where they established fishing and farming villages, mostly in the New Territories.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2011
What with famine poverty, and the corruption of the Manchus, the Hakkas were ripe for revolt.
From Time Magazine Archive
He traced the careers of many influential kiths, including the Jews, the Puritan New Englanders, the Mongols, the Hakkas of South China.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of the converts were Hakkas, members of an outsider ethnic group to which Hung himself belonged.
From Time Magazine Archive
From this time the Hakkas appear to have become wanderers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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