FOUR VARIANTS OF HAKKA | LEARN HAKKA WITH ME

The other day, I joined this Hakka server on Discord and I got to chat with a couple of other Hakka speakers. We decided to make a video together, by sharing the similarities and differences of our own Hakka variant with each other. I hope it was as insightful as it was for me!
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I hope you're well and I'll see you next week!
With love,
M

[@squashdevicer]

Surinamese and Sabah are basically the same. Bao’on, Donggon, and Fuchiu are almost identical. Sabah Hakka is basically Bao’on but sometimes mixed with Malay. I am from Sabah and I find that your surinamese Hakka is no different from the way I speak it.

[@inmimisbowl]

I agree, our Hakka is pretty much identical. Maybe just some tones we say a bit differently, but that can happen within one variant as well.

[@lot10101]

I was told we are mostly Hor Poh hak in Malaysia and we have fuk Chew hak. It get diluted infinitely with every culture we adapt to. How I know this my great grandad led his village to Malaysia.

[@squashdevicer]

@@lot10101 Hor Poh Hakka mostly in Sarawak.

[@Zakaius]

@@squashdevicer & Johore, Malaysia

[@kodokkeseleo3789]

@@squashdevicer Losuk sukkung nyi sit pau mang kinha.

[@marialiew8165]

Thanks for yr explanation

[@anntip1]

The Surinamese Hakka version sounds very much similar to mine and I’m from peninsula Malaysian.

[@hakkaloginchi363]

Good

[@yct6500]

This channel by Dr Liu below is great for learning the Hakka language and culture. 与下由刘镇发老师做出的频道是个特殊的学客家话，客家文化的频道: kzbin.info/door/8YqMfgildEZ6epQ1tScGSg

[@Suite_annamite]

So who would the Hakka around the Indian Ocean sound like? Chinese populations from places like Mauritius, Réunion, or Madagascar.

[@daniyati1570]

I am a hakka from a same province in Indonesia as Harry (Singkawang), though, my family speak the same hakka as the East Timor guy. :)

[@aguslienardy1492]

wtf, how

[@samhy]

Four variants of Hakka in China.

[@handylim4490]

6:03 the one from Singkawang is fake, I'm from Singkawang, I don't understand the accent, it's fake

[@jadehalls5169]

Thank you for sharing Hakka language. Continue speaking Hakka and promoting Chinese Hakka culture. Toa Jia!!!

[@patrickochinski6754]

This is a great comparison!!! I feel like the Hakka Chinese Jamaicans speak are the the same as Sabah Hakka

[@squashdevicer]

Almost 100% the same.

[@cdylim]

My grand uncle emigrated from Sabah to Jamaica in the 1920s and his descendants are now Afro-Euro-but Hakkas nevertheless. We originated from the Niihau/Guanlan districts of Bao’an

[@lostinresfeber3851]

There was a lot of moving around the Caribbean - i met people in Kingston who lived in Suriname back in the 70s (probably earlier)

[@sho9214]

The standard hakka is from Meixian, Guangdong :)

[@anitacher2412]

My family's Hakka sounds like a mixture of the Sinkawang and Sabah variants and some of the Surinamese variant too. My grandfather migrated from Guangdong and went to Brunei where he lived and worked and where my parents came from. Unfortunately, I don't speak Hakka but can understand most of it.

[@alvaroalvarendra9048]

I am from hakka singkawang indonesia

[@opresopre]

My girlfriends family came from Kolkata India and her Hakka was the same as the East-Timor Hakka!

[@inmimisbowl]

Oooh interesting!!

[@maxdc988]

Hakka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia sounds more similar to your Suriname Hakka than to the Sabah, Malaysia's Hakka. 😂😂

[@overcosy]

Ah, so I've been communicating in East Timorese Hakka. That honestly makes tons of sense considering my background... Thank you for the informative video!

[@Agenamigo]

All versions are valid and welcomed. 😀 A Language will be dead if not spoken. 😀. keep it alive. 👍. Update: My research is over. Based on what I heard in many hakka videos in KZbin, I concluded that my grandparents came from a place named Moiyan or Meixian in Southern China. I must say all variants are very close. No problem at all. I enjoy the variety. 😀

[@czxwthyouwant]

Mingzai/小明 here. My ancestors are from the donggon/dongguan area. Thanks for making a video on this :D Really appreciate you on educating us on hakka!!!! Hakka variants are quite spread-out and the language is also affected by regions over time, thus making it hard for some variants to understand each other. Looking forward to more of your Hakka vids :):)

[@inmimisbowl]

Thanks 小明! :)

[@jimbochoo3316]

I speak "ngai" hakka, from the North Vietnamese region near China. It mainly sounds like common Hakka.

[@Suite_annamite]

Do you speak the same language as the "người Hẹ" from the Vũng Tàu area?

[@jimbochoo3316]

@@Suite_annamite Umm. I can't say I know what those are. I lived near Mong Cai in Vietnam and there was a lot of "ngai" hakka speaking people there that have moved to Los Angeles in the late 70s and early 80s; primarily the Lincoln Heights area near Downtown Los Angeles. I used to hear it spoken a lot there a long time ago.

[@inmimisbowl]

Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this video!! I made a mistake at 5:31. The East Timorese Hakka sentence is missing, so here it is: Can you speak Hakka? East Timorese Hakka: gi11 voi55 gong31 hak21ga33fa55 mo11?

[@ywchin1881]

My hakka is similar to yours and the sabahan. I understand that my hakka is Fui Chiu. BTW i am from Malaysia

[@raydhanes]

Hi M, Thanks a lot for your excellent arrangement. My Grandparents came from Moiyan and I found that the East Timorese Hakka is the same as ours.

[@kelvintjendar9344]

@@raydhanes also same with ours, my parents were borned at Aceh (west part of indonesia), my akung n apo come from moiyan.. It's similiar with timorese hakka (east part of Indonesia)..

[@mahonah]

My hakka is a lot like your hakka. I'm from Jamaica and perhaps my parents came from the same region in China.

[@misslee7331]

I can so relate to this video! My fathers is hakka chinese from Bao'on en my mother is also hakka chinese but from Malaysia. They met in Surinam, got married and moved to the Netherlands where i was born. So all in all, guess we kinda have similar roots. Every so now and then my family in Malaysia make fun of my hakka cos of pronunciation (for example I say Soe for hand but in m'sia they say Siew) I used to think I got it wrong, but now i know im just a product of mixing everything :-)

[@inmimisbowl]

Waw very interesting how your parents met! Yeah, there are so many ways to say ‘hand’ in Hakka haha and you’re definitely not saying it wrong :)

[@LearnHakka]

Very interesting video, I happen to speak yet a different variant

[@wmc79]

I'm also Surinamese Hakka living abroad. Glad to found this channel. Keep it up!! 👊

[@wdchow5031]

WMC, vgd. Oh well, perhaps mine will surprise you ? I live in Hong Kong, speak Bao On accent. All the best in the year of Rabbit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e17GeYGImpKqn8U

[@moonsorrow77]

I’m Hakka from Australia,via East Timor..definitely can’t understand much of the other 3..only a little I catch the phrase..lol but the East Timor guy I understand it so much..

[@rothschildianum]

East TImor Hakka were mostly from Meixien. They stopped in Jakarta first before got sent to Timor. They came way too late to Indonesia.

[@yuanomiyuki]

I am from Peninsular Malaysia and my late father was from Sungai Lembing, Pahang here. Very interestingly the Hakka we spoke were very similar as yours in Suriname! So happened I grew up in Sabah and growing up listening and speaking their version of Hakka and I think my late father-in-law's Hakka was quite similar to the Sinkawang version so whenever I get to speak Hakka, it's a mix of everything haha! XD By the way, your channel has been really interesting. A search on Google about something Hakka that lead me to your channel. :)

[@33hunting]

Hey Michelle. There are the Taiwan Hakka variant and the Fujian Hakka variant too. Don't forget these ones. Can you make a video comparing the Taiwan Hakka dialect and your Hakka dialect ?

[@jennylee7322]

Thank you for your really interesting and insightful video! My ancestors, who were Hakka people too fled war 400 years ago from Guangdong China to an island called Tung Ping Chau in Hong Kong. The island was inhabited until 1970s. And they developed a subdialect of Hakka, which really sounds similar to Surinamese Hakka. I assume because of the similarity of the tones, words and structures that the migration wave of your ancestors could be during the same time. Thank you for uploading this great video! ♥🤗🌺

[@micaelat3734]

I am also from Surinam. I was told by my father that the family originated from Guangdong. (Great) grandfather came from Guangdong via Macao in the 1800s.

[@sof6527]

I've watched a couple of your videos and I can somewhat understand your version of hakka! My grandparents speak hakka, they grew up around the border of HK and Goungdong, but I'm not sure what variant of hakka that is 😆 But I would say I Surinamese Hakka seems the most familiar to me?

[@inmimisbowl]

Oh that makes sense, since my family is from Gongdong as well. I’d say you can call it Surinamese Hakka if you’re from Suriname as well. Otherwise I’d say it’s probably HK/Gongdong Hakka, which isn’t very specific because there are many variants within that region too.😅

[@sof6527]

@@inmimisbowl Hmm maybe more HK hakka then? I think they grew up in the area Sha Tau Gok if that rings any bells 🤔😆

[@wt4397]

i dont know what hakka i speak to but surinamese hakka some of it almoste same as hk and goungdong growing up in sweden but my hakka is noob i know some basic i speak hakka with my grandfather and grandmother kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHrbi41pjbGprac like them when they spek but the girl spek more eazy to hear what she say but sound good in my ear like them speak

[@mundotan3662]

Nice to see this channel. I’m from Atambua, West Timor, Indonesia. My grandparents from Atapupu region at border Indonesia and East Timor. Elders said longtime ago they came to Timor from Moiyen ( Meixian ) by Portuguese Ship. That’s why in Timor whether in West Timor and East Timor most of Hakka Nyin usually Catholic. Too bad I couldn’t speak a word Hakka. Only Mandarin because I studied on High School. I only know How to call relatives and Some Hakka Food. My favorite is Khiu Nyuk ( sweet pork belly ).Ngai Apa siang Tan ( 陳 ） Ame siang Lay （ 黎 ）。 Happy to know a little bit of my culture.

[@jokerxback2633]

Tan is Hokkien Chin is Hakka Chen is Mandarin Chan is cantonese 陈

[@yankees_2286]

I was born in Dongguan, but I am a Xinning Hakka because my dad immigrated from Xinning to Dongguan for work.

[@Jandry87]

im from singkawang west borneo, say hello to hakka peoples all around the world

[@herbertwu1927]

Good Hakka. Good English also. Very few young people can speak so fluent English and Hakka at the same time. Well done.

[@蘋果派-k1s]

啀第一次睇到人用客家话做视频，阿妹仔你好厉害👍。

[@laurencechan470]

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[@sistoKenzo]

I was borned in Belitung (Indonesia), I can speak Hakka and understand all pronunciation shown in video, thanks a lot this channel.

[@kodokkeseleo3789]

He e meh losuk. Belitung sih anto liulian hosit.😃

[@DimplefaceChloe]

Wow i am shocked there many different hakka variant . My hakka sound similar to your and sabah..

[@madelinabong]

i understand singkawang hakka from overall version... my parents are from bangka indonesia

[@wdchow5031]

Madelina, hahhaha, good morning. Please visit mine and share it with your elders if you do not understand it ? All the best. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e17GeYGImpKqn8U

[@meomeo7758]

The San Diu language (山由) is spoken by the San Diu people in northern Vietnam. Researchers consider it to be a Cantonese accent. While it's a huge different compared to all the other accent of the Cantonese, so some people consider San Diu to be part of the Hakka language. Here's some words/phrases (the spelling is written in Vietnamese): 我(me): ngoi 你(you): nhi 我问你(I ask u): ngoi mun nhi 太多(too much): thai tô 过(through): cô 好(good): ào 我们 (we): thai ka/thai xế 阿婆(grandma): a chiá 菜(vegetable): sọi 扣肉 (braised pork belly with taro/sour cabbage): khau nhục 粽(sticky rice dumpling/zongzi): chổng 饼(pie): pẻng 蚁(ant): ngáy 食饭(eat): zếch van

[@wai-kitlo80]

Just discovered your channel... Having lived 17 years in Suriname, your Hakka brings back a lot of memories. Thank you!

[@wettywet7955]

“Do you understand?” Phrases in Singkawang hakka i think thats not how it sounds, when i ask someone if they unds ill say “ngi fun min mo?” Instead of “tang/thang”. Forget to say that im also from west borneo.

[@jrgaming7334]

I'm hakka from singkawang, indonesia.. ❤️❤️

[@danielchung9445]

East Timor's hakka speak more like mei xian hakka accent

[@edwinhew9816]

I’m Jamaican Hakka and your Surinamese Hakka is identical. The Hakka in the Caribbean and South America likely originated from the same villages or areas. those in Malaysia or other parts of SE Asia may have came from different areas. Accounting for variations between villages it’s interesting to hear the differences and similarities. Thanks for posting. Keep it up!

[@bv2011]

I suspect that our surnames (Hew yours and mine 邱 ) are the same, only written differently in the alphabet.

[@edwinhew9816]

@@bv2011 hello cousin! :)

[@bv2011]

@@edwinhew9816 Hello Edwin, yes me might be distant cousin. Ours trace back to west Borneo, but now I live in Australia. Our surname is not so common. Do you still speak Hakka language?

[@edwinhew9816]

@@bv2011 unfortunately no. but I understand some.

[@nancypeter9045]

My mother in law came from “Donggon”. When they left China almost 80 years ago, half of the family landed in Sabah (Malaysia) and the other half (family name Chin) landed in Jamaica. So May be many Hakkas in Jamaica were from Donggon.

[@JacobYuanHang]

As someone from the US (not chinese) but spent a ton of time around chinese people and many years practicing mandarin to a high level, and living in California around a ton of cantonese speakers, (so I understand a nice chunk of cantonese) I feel like your Hakka and the Sabah hakka was kind of understandable. Sounded very similar to cantonese in many sentences. Like just based on context and word order I could understand some sentences without the prompt. But the 2nd one the Sinkawang was very unique, as well as the timorese one was also very unique, and those 2 I might have trouble understanding without any context for sure. Very interesting. All of them are very unique though and definitely have their own flavor. I think Hakka is interesting.

[@christopherqchin4319]

Love this. Ngai hey sabah hakka chai!

[@herbertwu1927]

It is hard to have a young girl who can speak so fluent English and Hakka. Well done.

[@temponly3653]

My background also from East Timor I speak Hakka with my parents and mostly older people. I live in Australia. I can understand clearly the guy from East Timor speaking the Hakka Timorese. My surname is Jong.

[@laurencechan470]

@temp o Is Hakka the dominant dialect in East Timor. Are there other dialects?

[@peckkienkhong7087]

Hi Michelle, love the comparison. I feel the Timorese hakka sounds taibu hakka of which I am. Can you share the link to the hakka group you mentioned. Thanks and keep the dialect alive!

[@mancheung5404]

This is a real Hakka dialect from different regions. Guangdong (Cantonese) and Hakka are not dialect but called a sister’s language. Hong Kong or vicinity are standard form, which is no accent just like American English and British English.

[@user-nu9sx7zn1j]

my family origin from guangdong i think... and my parents are from Pontianak in Indonesia... it's like 3 hours away from singkawang.... i always thought it was funny because even though we use the same hakka language but i cannot really tell what are they trying to tell me because the intonation is so different.... and some words too, i think? (I'm not sure) so when my dad and his singkawang friend were talking it felt like listening to two different languages but they understand each other... (even though it is the same but just the intonation is different) and it's really funny and amazes me how hakka can be so variant even though we're from the same area, West Kalimantan. 😂

[@madelinabong]

i agree , my parents from bangka the hakka is also different in some parts too

[@tymanung6382]

Excellent !!!-----standard spelling + tones !!! Thank you. Could you, in future, have lessons on Hakka food, history (there's even History of Hakka People,, by Teacup Media, for example), music song dance (?)---- modern pop, rock, etc. ?folk, opera, etc.--- perhaps an on line poll of modern favorites ? Hakka songs + lyrics in 1 or more sub dialect variant ?

[@liuyizhi71]

I was born in Brazil and my family root is Meizhou ... just speak hakka at home 🙂

[@letsTAKObout_it]

This is super cool. Love the comparison of different Chinese languages in different countries!

[@davieman3443]

Snap. My family are from the New Territories in Hong Kong and our dialect of Hakka is the same as yours. However it's not difficult to understand all dialects. I am born in the UK and all Hakka people here speak the same dialect however many choose to speak Cantonese instead ☹️

[@sikezeng9064]

Sabah Hakka is actually very close to yours. Sabah Hakka is exactly like mine which is from Dongguan area.

[@inmimisbowl]

My parents are also from Dongguan area, which makes sense:)

[@paullai1583]

Same hakka !

[@paullai1583]

Try look into Tosen Wong s vlog..he brings out each hakka variant very well and he speaks many languages.

[@klausschwab-f4o]

hope you do more of these :)

[@engineersze2546]

I think the variants are more related to the region/area their ancestors migrated from. eh.if from Dabu, they speak Dabu Hakka and this is carried to wherever the ancestors migrated to, say Surinam, Seremban, Singapore, Singkawang, etc. I am from Seremban and within Seremban there are variants of Hakka from different Hakka regions of Kwongtung. I made to visit to Dabu and the Hakka in that town/area are quite consistent compared to Seremban. Hence I conclude it depends on where the ancestors originated..

[@sallehmohamad8271]

Like To Learn Spoken SARAWAK Hakka... Any Help Admin. 🤗 👍 🤝

[@xzone72]

urinamese and Sabah are basically the same.....

[@paullai1583]

Definitely!they r under huiyang category

[@jhonlie5460]

Mimi you mention singkawang Indonesia that my place I'm Hakka from their kamchia

[@lochiyu]

I am a Hakka living in Costa Rica. My parents were from Taiwan. Can I get into the Discord server? I have never spoken Hakka with someone outside my family and they say our version of Hakka is from a minority..

[@inmimisbowl]

Yes, you can definitely join the Discord server! The name is Hakka | Chinese Language. You'll have to request to join. You're very welcome :)

[@austinchiang903]

I listened to the different Hakka variants because it was part of an assignment for my Chinese language and culture class. I just wanted to let you know that your English is great.

[@cheekheongng8274]

Ngai hair jen shang hark. 😍

[@janetkmwong9169]

This was brilliant thanks. It seems my hakka is a mixture of them all, must have had family all over x

[@yaosing4124]

😂😂 now i understand why my friend said that singkawang hakka language sounds rude.. he always think that i mad at him.. 😂😂

[@inmimisbowl]

hahaha it happens to the best of us

[@paullai1583]

It doesn't t fall into any hakka category hence it s difficult to grasp

[@jokenglish-xu4ry]

Hakka in kalimantan have 2 style,, soft and hard,,,

[@blobbyblobb]

i vouch for the server

[@foodforlife8566]

im xing an hakka from malaysia... mostly speak same as sabah hakka... singkawang hakka in malaysia they called Ho poH Hakka... :) ur surinamse same as xing an hakka..

[@paullai1583]

Singkawang hakka is not hopoh,not moiyen but a potpurri of three or four varieties..you cant find such hakka in china

[@foodforlife8566]

@@paullai1583 bcoz all already mix .. hehehe..

[@TheGrmany69]

What is the insidence of surinamese hakka in Venezuela. The Chinese people I remember there sounded more hakka than Cantonese

[@cosakti]

singkawang person accent is actually sounds more like khuntien hakka aka pontianak hakka

[@tonylow9893]

Difficult I also interested to learn in Hakka Dialects How To Speaks

[@jamestse492]

There are the Hakka I understand but there are some I don't understand as My parents are from Meixian

[@tommyliew3294]

I am from sabah too and now I'm now liveing in Suriname. Thank you for the video

[@lawrencechong7590]

My Hakka is similar to Surinamese Hakka.I am from Kuala Sala a small fishing village in Kedah, Malaysia.My mother is Cantonese but she speak good Hakka.Our favourite Hakka dishes is "yong taui foo" and "kaui jok".

[@jennieg789]

Mauritian Hakka sounds more like the East Timor one I think.

[@hoabinh2024-e3u]

all hakka or khek ka same or not much different just the words a little different , i do understand all

[@martindelivre3803]

Thanks for sharing this video , Really happy to know our language has spread in so many different countries, and I am from ganzhou and finding my Hakka is pretty close to Malaysia and Australia one ( 80-100% similarity), I grew up with my grandparents and they taught me Hakka, it’s been 10 years that they passed away and I had little chance to speak Hakka ( i am working in Paris ) ,this video reminds me all the happy moments with my grandparents , thank you so much , hope to see more videos !

[@edwinlau9257]

Thanks for this video! Finally found the name for mine! It’s a mix 😁

[@neofils]

Interesting ! I can clearly hear the Cantonese influence of your hakka compared to the MeiZhou variant.

[@sho9214]

Cos Bao An is nearer to hongkong compared to Meixian

[@paullai1583]

Meixian hakka pronounces many words like cantonese as in hot,small etc Huiyang hakka is closer to morthern chinese speech

[@neofils]

@@paullai1583 Are you sure? Huiyang is much closer to the Cantonese speaking region than Meizhou !

[@laurencechan470]

@@paullai1583 Cantonese: hot- yit, small sai. Meixian: hot nyet , small-seh.Same or not. Meixian is a pure Hakka country, 0 Cantonese villages. Huiyang dialect is a mix dialect of Cantonese and Hakka- Dongkongwa. 東江話. Huiyang district's villages have Cantonese and Hakka ones mix together.

[@kuancs79]

Singkawang Hakka almost same as Sarawak Hakka

[@paullai1583]

Not true..it takes a lot if effort to understand singkawang hakka which is developed in singkawang and not china.

[@sashadacruz6442]

I am a Timorese speak Hakka. This is really nice channel...

[@chinaubrey1135]

I'm Fui Chew but it's a mix of 3 on your ahow😅

[@yllim3073]

Well done. Keep it up.

[@dedyirawan1213]

My hakka seems to be combination of Sabah and singkawang ... 😂 But not many people talk in hakka right now... Meet one will be nostalgic...

[@dehanieventure1704]

Hakka in Sandakan Sabah speak Hakka daily😊

[@augustowen8964]

hell no girl we are from the exact same place!!!!!!

[@Breach991]

Do you understand in hakka singkawang is ngi ming phak mo

[@andrewearlwu554]

I have been told that Indonesian (Sumatra/Java) Hakka is usually referred to as Bangka Hakka as Bangka was a Hakka "stronghold". Its quite different from the Ipoh one, very crisp pronunciation, very little slurring.

[@paullai1583]

Ipoh hakka is of moiyen variety

[@sho9214]

@@paullai1583 moiyen Hakka is considered the standard Hakka too

[@j.ridwan4059]

very good. Thank you.

[@cwcwilson]

There are much more variants in China and Taiwan.

[@nuyoo6504]

I think it would be better to use chinese sentences than English sentences to maintain the same characters when speaking the variants. From listening you can tell the commonly used phrases differ, but the actual pronunciation of specific characters are very similar if not same most of the time.

[@prakorngirodkunkid7877]

East Timorese should be from Fengsun Hakka.

[@klausschwab-f4o]

at 4:08 , the eh53 by itself what does it mean ?

[@pia_mater]

Do you speak Sranantongo too? Or just Hakka?

[@rudychau9681]

👏👏👏

[@sorakh7417]

IM HAKKA TOO HIIIII AND FROM NETHERLANDS AND ALSO IS IN HAKKA SERVER DISCORD~ :D

[@inmimisbowl]

oooh let's chat soon!!!

[@virtuallyly9045]

I've found my people!

[@inmimisbowl]

isn't that a great feeling!

[@maxchung1119]

Hi...fellow hakkas around the world...hak si nyin...!😁

[@aikleonglim9646]

ngai m hei hak (scare) ngin, ngai hei kiang (scared of) ngin. nga mak hei tai pu hak.

[@maxchung1119]

@@aikleonglim9646 😂

[@lot10101]

Well done but I feel that the correct sub dialect you have is Hor Poh (hakka term). There are hakka Web pages you shoild look at, they are rather old but accurate.

[@paullai1583]

Ho po is not a sub dialect..it is a hakka dialect by itself!