What the Heck is Hakka?

[@rapidcreek5583]

Hakka in Australia, originally from East Timor. Great video! Look forward to seeing more dishes.

[@sho9214]

I am a Hakka from Jakarta Indonesia My grandparents are from Meixian Guangdong province in China

[@alisameiah5035]

My mother side of the family still have our accentry home in meixian!

[@simonyip5978]

Hakka people have a reputation for being prepared to fight and for defending themselves, and have some very well known military heroes and politicians and businessmen etc.

[@michael-qt3er]

the great lee kuan yew is hakka.

[@Namoari941]

Hakka people produced many great famous people such as: Sun Yet Sen,Deng Xiao Ping (CHina), Lee Teng Hui , Ma Ying Jiu (Taiwan), Lee kwan Yew (Singapore),....

[@Utube1024]

Even the current Taiwan President Cai Ingwen also a Hakka.

[@Wubohui]

Deng Xiao Ping (CHina) is not hakka people， Ma Ying Jiu (Taiwan) is also not, he come from hu'nan of china（中國湖南）。 an other charman Hu Yao Bang(胡耀邦) should be hakka man, he comes from hu'nan liu'yang（中國湖南瀏陽） 。

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

Yes, that reminds me, I really have to write an article about all the famous Hakka past and present. Thanks for commenting!

[@Brandon-si8dl]

There isn't any sufficient evidence to prove that Deng xiaoping has any hakka ancestry so I think you better edit your comment.

[@wenjp26]

You forgot mention Panama. There have many Hakka people. Although, It's a little country. 😅

[@davidchin38]

I am Hakka ngin, living in New Zealand. I teach the Maori to do the hakka! :)

[@lilianling6348]

Isn't "Haka" the what they call the traditional Maori war cry/dance? Must get confusing to say you're "Hakka"! ;0

[@TheRajapala]

Hak shi ngin! 😂😂😂 No offence, I am Hakka too

[@g2s351]

haha.

[@jasonyau4725]

Good to see fellow hakka ngin.

[@carnival5925]

@@TheRajapala HAK SI NYIN HAHAHA (scare people to death)

[@cheegum6296]

I was raised in Karachi, Pakistan a city where many Hakka people immigrated to several decades ago. There are now 2nd and 3rd generation Hakka people living in Karachi. They have opened many restaurants in the city, which locals just call Chinese food. One of the things I missed most when I moved to Toronto in 1998 was Pakistani-Hakka cuisine. Luckily shortly after Frederick's was found followed by tons of others. Now Toronto and surrounding areas boast tons of Indian/Paistani-Hakka restaurants in every neighbourhood. Since a majority of their customers are muslim most Hakka restaurants serve halal food by default.

[@lilianling6348]

Thanks for the comment! If you're able to give me the information for some of these restaurants run by Hakka Chinese, I'd love to hear about them. On my website, www.HakkaChineseFood.com, I've been compiling a worldwide Hakka restaurant list so it would be great to add some Pakistani representation. I rely on word-of-mouth for many of the restaurants outside of North America.

[@5easy]

Cheegum cool my family is the exact same!

[@cheahd]

Amazing!

[@exystream7690]

Wow, what an interesting information. I would like to try those restaurants when I visit Toronto one day. I am hakka myself but living in Denmark. I have family who migrated to Canada too, although I have not met them before. One of my best friends is pakistani and he also introduced me to pakistani food, and I love eating it. He would probably be just as surprised as me when he hears about this.

[@serenelee3559]

I am Hakka ngin born in Singapore. My ancestors come from Moiyan (Meizhou), Guangdong, China.

[@simonetai1239]

That's alot of good stuff packed into a short video. Great pacing and a wonderful voiceover!

[@nendracung]

Hello all , Hakka people. Thai ka ho? :). Ngai Hakka nyin. From JiNie. Indonesia.

[@ct2568]

Ngai me he hakka nyin.

[@AndreaKChen]

I am Hakka born in Panama ❤

[@ct2568]

Andrea K. Chen can u speak Hakka ?

[@lucaschen6679]

Me too! But born in Austria, Vienna :)

[@kathyyau288]

Hakka panameña !! Woot woot

[@wojomojo]

Great video! Thanks so much for giving the Hakka diaspora identity and history. Subscribed!

[@moonlie8221]

Long life hakka..👏👏

[@hakka1781]

Thx bro

[@stephenahsen]

Hakka from Mauritius here! :)

[@desmondzheng4899]

Thank you for the informative vid. Not much info on Hakka so it's hard to learn more about my ancestors.

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

My pleasure, Desmond! Glad you found the video useful.

[@natouellet]

Thank you. I learned a lot in this short clip! And it all started after seeing one word on a food menu.

[@Mhow-ib6kq]

I am from Mauritius and I am proud my island is mentioned

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

There's a wonderful book about the Hakka in Mauritius called "The Coral Heart" by Peggy Lampotang. I recommend you check it out sometime. Here's a link to the author's Facebook page: facebook.com/thecoralheart.peggylampotang

[@foonghowyewkin8622]

I also come from Mauritius and presently living in Alexandria Virginia

[@Harvey1976]

I’m so proud of being a Hakka ngin!!!!

[@kevinyudystira1259]

Oi tong ngin & teng nang jit cong 🤗♥🏮🌐

[@Harvey1976]

@@kevinyudystira1259 what do mean hahahhaa

[@kevinyudystira1259]

@@Harvey1976 It means Cantonese, Teochew, Hokkian, Hakka share same blood pride Chinese cilture & suffer where we born & live whole world, so we should unite seek better life agree? 🙏

[@papaganteng194]

I lived among Hakka friends..... I understand a bit of Hakka and Hokkien.... #malaysia

[@haryantoharmonika7532]

Many Hakka in Indonesia 🇮🇩 don’t forget that !

[@ianchungchuanhin9501]

I am Hakka in Kuching. Tons of us here!

[@sho9214]

Ian Chung Chuan Hin oh really? Singkawang and Pontianak also have many Hakka . Kuching has many Hakka?

[@laksakuching9264]

I’m also from kuching! Your name sounds familiar....I’m also Hakkaa

[@kevinyudystira1259]

Semoga warga malaysia kturunan Cina sana bisa kompak berani brsatu prjuangkan kesetaraan hak" kalian, ubah pasal 153, ratifikasi ICERD kalau mau gabung PBB! Tnpa minoritas kek kalian, malaysia bisa smaju brwajah manis skrng??? maaf org melayu sna klihatanny jdi ras letoy manja malas bale keenakan dpt privilege, jls" dukung rasismeny mreka, ngndalin pgwai negeri & korupsi, knyataanny warga kelas 3 mah!🤣 najis gua klo singgung malaysia nyolong budaya Indo, kasian sma minoritas malaysia

[@johnnyzhao7698]

My mother said her ancestor from Meixian capital my dad ancestor from Guandong capital, not sure why i born in Indonesia, getting lost my identity as Hakka tho.

[@lindayap2313]

I hakka from jambi Indonesia We have hakka comunity in jambi My grandfather from meixian china

[@alvinchung243]

salam dari hakka singkawang

[@martinkhoe]

Im Hakka from Indonesia, my grandgrandfather came to Batavia-Dutch East Indies in the late Qing Dynasty from Kwongtung - Moyen

[@exystream7690]

Hello fellow Hakka people. Even the a small nation of 5 mio people have Hakka people. From Denmark

[@kevinyudystira1259]

Best luck for European born Chinese descent thre especially Nordic countries 🤗🇩🇰🏮

[@unioncommodityminingenergy2632]

Chairman Mao was also HAKKA. I am from Thailand, many HAKKA here, I am second generation here. 3 HAKKA Chinese also once were Thai prime minister, and one HAKKA son.in law was prime minister too.

[@rh4349]

I am Hakka from India.Now I live in Canada.

[@ailinyu6617]

My family is also Hakka, my grandpa was born in Bangkok but somehow ended up returning to China due to personal issues.

[@hengkilee5552]

In indonesian,also have so many hakka people,

[@hariantocong6205]

Im agree , i indonesian hakka

[@ct2568]

Hakka here

[@thomasfebyanto43]

Ngai he san kheu Jong hakka ngin

[@chinacities]

I am a Hakka from Meizhou, GuaongDong,China

[@ypyg1325]

Hi, My ancestors are from there too and i have been back Meixian to my ancestral home a few times already

[@pringsewupringsewu6938]

I'm hakka second generation, born in Indonesia. My Kung Kung and pho pho comming from moyan Guangdong province

[@lilianling6348]

In this day an age, especially with air travel and mixing of cultures, we're all just one big global village now. It's fun to try to make all the connections. Let's not get too caught up in all the minute details of geneology. I'm just trying to share a bit of my cultural background in a very simple way to make it easy to understand.

[@ELYUSI]

I m hakka from bangka indonesia Gbu

[@nyuklyncchung7744]

I am Hakka in The Netherlands

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

Wow, thanks for commenting. Are there many other Hakka in The Netherlands that you know of? Do you know of any Hakka-owned restaurants?

[@nyuklyncchung7744]

HakkaChineseFood I don't know any Hakka-owned restaurant. There are many Hakka people in The Netherlands they immigrated via Suriname. There are still living many Hakka people in Suriname

[@frikandelkroket9335]

Hakka here also. Born in Suriname.

[@miss55apple]

HakkaChineseFood there are many in Suriname 🇸🇷 I love them they are my family I’m a Surinamese Hindustani which means my roots lay in India. My favorite food is y’all food I just miss it currently living in Europe 😑🙎🏻‍♀️

[@hereariis]

Hi there! I’m Hakka from Tahiti ♥️ 自豪係客家人 🤗

[@moonlie8221]

Wow...Tahiti,small island in pacific ocean.beauty island❤️

[@lilianling6348]

Ooooh, I'm jealous! The South Pacific is the most beautiful place on Earth that I've seen so far.

[@Suite_annamite]

Wow...I thought that Chinese in the French Pacific were usually Teochow (from Cambodia and Vietnam).

[@hereariis]

Most of Hakka people in Tahiti were from 广东 @@Suite_annamite 😊

[@Proudsaudi1727]

I really love Hakka Cuisine Food 🥘

[@CandraSurya-um9yt]

A lot of Hakka in Indonesia as well.....!!

[@moonsorrow77]

I’m Hakka born in East Timor now living in Australia...LONG THE HAKKA PEOPLE..

[@alvinchung243]

seberapa banyak populasi orang hakka di timor leste?

[@pfung45]

Would be wonderful if you could list out those 10+ hakka dialects?

[@angelicbeautae8612]

Daniel Voon okay

[@angelicbeautae8612]

where can you find a video with a cantonese hakka language cause i cant find one anywhere on youtube and im cantonese hakka

[@lilianling6348]

I'm not really sure what you're asking for because Hakka and Cantonese are two different dialects?

[@angelicbeautae8612]

yeah but since hakka is are more old language than cantonese, there is such thing because thats where most of the cantonese words come from but it's called Cantonese Hakka because cantonese is more of a popular language around China.

[@OOTO.]

Its true my grandpa speaks Hakka Canto, I have no idea what he says half the time

[@djintotjandra247]

I AM HAKKA AND I LOVE HAKKA FOODS...:-)

[@datadel_7256]

I am Hakka from GuangDong

[@waichungfu]

Great information. Thanks!

[@sidneyliew248]

Hakka from Sabah....

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

Wow, just looked up where Sabah is because I wasn't familiar with it. Looks incredibly beautiful! You're lucky to live in such a picturesque place. Thanks for commenting!

[@enochchong7531]

hakka ngin!

[@edwardce8341]

I'm from Sabah too, I read it's the only place in the world where other Chinese coming hare would have to learn To speak Hakka. It seemed so when I last lived there, I left in 1985. I live in LA now.

[@laksakuching9264]

Hakka from sarawak here......

[@seepokeeyes]

Guangdong Hakka (cantonese) but born American!

[@CarsSupercars]

Nice information.

[@_X1NN_]

I am a Hakka from Malaysia. Hi !

[@gofitness4284]

How I wish hakka around the world unite

[@alvinchung243]

setuju hakka nyin jit thiau sim orang hakka satu hati dimanapun berada .

[@kevinyudystira1259]

I wish Chinese descent whole world Cantonese, Teochew, Hakka, Hokkian should have one formal non profit organization to share development as same blood same Chinese culture mix with local we live within + suffer from different cases countries to seek better live & not being discrimination (like fucking malaysian constitution) cause Chinese descent not stupid & bring boost development! 🙏

[@vincentwong5664]

Hakka ngin unite! 💪

[@wheyegg]

i am Hakka Ngin from Malaysia and Singapore..... Sit Fun Lor

[@mshieh70]

If u r hakka speak the dialect. Same for this lady.

[@TTAnthonyTranTT]

Hakka vietnam🇻🇳🇨🇳

[@kevinyudystira1259]

Tong Ngin Tong Yahn Teng Nang/Lang We all share same blood culturr & suffer to seek better live where place we born as our ancestor settled down long time ago being native! 🤗🙌🏻♥🏮🌐

[@VINAFU13]

Hakka here.

[@boburzod]

Hakka means Magpie in my language (Uzbek language)

[@lucaschen6679]

Ngai Hakka, born in Austria

[@Charles-sg9zu]

My ancestors are Hakka, but I know nothing about it. At least I have the adaptability when not only travelling but also settling down in different countries. (Seriously, no one in my family wants to transfer Hakka cultural knowledge to me)

[@ct2568]

i am hakka

[@vben2976]

Hakka in USA.

[@timfoinc.6879]

Get- Kka means sea shore It means they live on sea goods as ancient people picked foods from nature for free.

[@irenechong5037]

Thank you.

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

meanwhile in my country's language, a "haka-haka" is a presumption, while a "haka" is a guess or opinion

[@qtpenguinnie]

So umm..is it kinda like hmong?

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

Interesting suggestion, thanks for alerting me to this. I had never heard of the Hmong people before. But after looking it up, they do have a lot of similarities to the Hakka. I found this information about genealogy of the Hakka which suggests there is only 13% She (or Hmong) within the Hakka DNA: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14577381

[@liongkienfai104]

It's similar but it's not the best comparison. The Hmong are an ethnic group. The Hakka are a linguistic/cultural group within the Han Chinese ethnic group. The Hmong are not the majority in any country, but the Han are the majority in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore. The Hakka and Hmong also have no linguistic or cultural ties. The last sentence in the link you provided is also a bit iffy as it suggests that the Hakka language is not a Sinitic language to begin with, but instead a Hmong-Mien language. This couldn't be farther from the truth. The Hakka language is a remnant of the Chinese spoken during the Tang dynasty (Middle Chinese). It's more similar to Gan Chinese, Yue (Cantonese) Chinese and even Min Chinese. If there is any Hmong influence in the Hakka culture or language it is extremely minimal.

[@CJN3423.]

crazyfobazn tsu Totally agree. Hakka people are purely Chinese as one of the branches of the Han Chinese.

[@ethanottosen-i2984]

East Timor?

[@zhidapang8825]

做麦琳, 做涯琳，仙加琳, 麦盖琳 Hakka 叼 from Malaysia

[@温逵]

全球到有客人。香港好多客人。

[@sugarbooga8731]

It’s a dance.

[@張郎-b7s]

我想聽中文的，求

[@凌同学]

張琅 他讲的是错的，可以参考我刚刚的留言

[@calvinchung2036]

Some parts of your video are not very accurate description of the Hakka. A lot of Hakka people are christians.The word Hakka was officially used by the Ching empire to identify and register migrants from the Central plain to the south especially coastal parts of the south for fear of rebellion forces brought back from overseas! because of family registration the term Hakka was used.

[@Michaelcham93]

So I don’t have a ancestral ground

[@ypyg1325]

Actually you do. Just need to trace your roots further up.

[@yuanchong8560]

I am a hakka

[@TheObSeRvErTheObSeRv]

i came here for the FOOD.

[@bittersweexo9283]

only know 2 other ppl that are hakka in my hs ;-;

[@idr0ps180]

_REDXLOTUS _ im the only one in mine ;_;

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

You'll be surprised how many of us are out there! Thanks for commenting.

[@user-thanakron]

😊

[@魏明發]

MO PUN KI NGIOK HAKKA NGIN

[@robloxtipswithjordynpoop5982]

The Hans were the bad guys in Mulan

[@TheLeolee89]

Those are spelled as Huns.

[@gabriellejosef-marie2980]

Those were huns...not Hans.

[@user-xu2qd2bn1g]

😂😂

[@andrewparke1764]

When most of the Hakka people moved to Taiwan, it was a part of the same China as the mainland: The Great Qing Empire.

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

Thanks for the information!

[@heyjingxuan]

嗨做吗盖淋

[@timfoinc.6879]

Hak means CRANE bird.

[@Suite_annamite]

Two different words expressed by two different characters, which are indeed both pronounced differently depending on the language: 鶴 (鹤) = crane 客 = guest

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

鶴 in hakka is ho̍k tho, while 客 is hak

[@爱客-l7r]

It is incorrect to say that the Hakkas are nomadic.

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

Thanks for watching my video and making a comment. When I described Hakkas as being nomadic, I was basing it on the definition that "nomads" are a community of people who move around and live in different locations. Just curious, what makes you disagree with this description?

[@爱客-l7r]

The definition of nomads is that they are a community of people moving around with no permanent home. Hakkas move to escape war, famine, other disasters in search of a permanent home. The various provinces in southern China are already Hakkas permanent homes as they have settled there for centuries. Of course, from there, some have moved on for better pastures. They will settle down instead of moving on like nomads who do not intend to settle down.

[@SwetPotato]

Yeah, it's not like they wanted to. They had to.

[@angelicbeautae8612]

i know right

[@MrDavidYon]

爱客 Yes, I agreed with your comments. However; some Hakka moved to the Far East such as Thailand, East and West Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei. Thereafter, some also moved to North America from these countries, and to other countries of the world. There is why Hakka are all over the world.

[@Livingtree32]

The typical misinformation you find on every video about Hakka 😉 But somehow people just love to repeat hearsay over and over, until it becomes truth

[@idr0ps180]

Sorry but you pronounced "hakka" wrong. It's not hak-GA, it's hak-KA.. I'm Hakka and honestly this was hard to watch 0.0

[@Wubohui]

中國大陸 有兩種發音 hak ka，另一種是 kak ga，我聽到的是後一種更常見些。家 唸 ga1 是 佔 多數的， 包括 中國台灣地區也是，作者發音是ga4 ，聽起來確實有點彆扭。 唸 ka 的主要是 廣東惠陽音，以及祖籍來自惠州的華人，比如 馬來西亞 地區等。 "hakka" have two speech, one is "hak ka"，an other one is "kak ga"。

[@hakkachinesefood2172]

Honestly, I was just trying to exaggerate it and pronounce it extra clearly for the purposes of the presentation. As a result, the pronunciation is anglicized. Didn't mean to offend anyone.

[@RCFunTime]

ParanormalVC Nothing is wrong with the pronounciation. hak-ga is how my family say it. Also Cantonese people from HK say it "ga" too.

[@liongkienfai104]

There's a dozen variants of the Hakka language out there. Just because it doesn't pertain to your specific dialect it doesn't mean it's wrong. Likewise a Texan cannot tell an Aussie that his English is incorrect, because they're simply different variants of the language.

[@angelicbeautae8612]

i agree cause im hakka too

[@mshieh70]

U r parkistnese not chinese

[@魏明發]

NYONG PEN LO THAI

[@moonlie8221]

Mo shi chin,nyong pen tu ho..🤗

[@moonlie8221]

@kok hoa phenjiu nai bui,hakka nyin(ngin)?

[@timfoinc.6879]

Hal-kka Mal- kka means can we do it or not do it. Find out Zhougguttle Empire invaded the En empire and their fighters were sold to the West. You are fighting for not to leave others land. Your voice are so nasally and fakky. Did you have someone's nasal bridge adding surgery as well as their hair too?

[@kingniala6966]

Stop your nonsense, Fan kui

[@chrissyly5026]

Hakka ngai from Seattle 😌

[@lilianling6348]

Hey, I lived in the Seattle area for a few years in the north end near Edmonds. I miss it very much. I never was able to find any Hakka restaurants there but had to go up to Vancouver to get my fix. Hope you're staying safe and not inhaling too much smoke these days!