Hakka language

A short introduction to the Hakka language as spoken by the Chinese minority in East Timor
"Director: João Paulo Esperança; Camera-woman: Adriana Gesteiro; Actresses/Informers: Lolita Lay Jong & Leonita Lay Jong (alias Añafa & Añufa)"

It is not the guy (me) who's Hakka, it's the two girls. I'm speaking Portuguese, they're speaking Hakka. The Scots, the English, the Irish, a part of the Indians, the Australians, the Americans, they all speak English with different accents and some words are used only in specific places. Hakka as spoken in Taiwan is not exactly the same as in RPC in Moyen (Mexian) or in Dabu. The East Timorese Hakka Chinese came from different parts of mainland China and use loanwords from local languages too.

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[Nevtindome]

People of any minority, would prefer to speak English or French. And any Hakka people would quickly pick up another language and subsitute words that are new, hence, the language becomes very diluted. Like people in Singapore speak Hakka with Malay, Portuguese, Mandarin, English influence. Hakka people in Thailand, speak bits of Thai in between. Its the same for Hokkien people who speak Baba Peranakan Language = mix of Malay, portuguese, dutch, hokkien vocabulary and grammar.

[jpesperancatimor]

You're wrong. Ask the Catalans if they would prefer to speak English or French, or even Spanish. Ask the Norwegians if they would prefer to speak Danish, or English, or French, instead of Norwegian.

[jpesperancatimor]

Even Mandarin is not so widely spoken as people say sometimes. A lot of the Chinese with other mother tongues in Portugal and other countries are starting to loose Mandarin (Pǔtōnghuà), because they speak Cantonese, or Shanghainese, or Hakka, at home with their family, and their children go to local schools where they are educated in the local languages, so the kids do not learn to speak Mandarin and don't know how to write Chinese.

[ChingaliciousAngel]

ngi heh hakka ngin, ngai tu heh hakka ngin.. sum mah hakka ngin O.O

[Arlindo2176]

Obrigado por ter interessado na lingua(dialecto) Hakka.Sou de terceira geracao nascido em TL,o meu avo paterno veio de Canton(Moi Jian) e continuamos a falar Hakka diariamente, bem como milhares de timorenses chineses que vivem na Australia ou em Portugal.O HAkka de Timor tem sido influciando por Tetum e Portugues pelo que muitas palavras nao e intendido por outros fora de TL.Se pudesse fazer um estudo or investigar na origem do primeiro chines que chegou a TL,onde ,quando e como, etc,Obrigado.

[05werewolf]

este video precisa de um audio melhor! o.o mas está muito bem elaborado!

[luisdiego29]

The language is a part of the identity of the people, his identification as part of a group of individuals that share the same culture , which are separate from other persons, and it is the case of the Sephardic Jews of Turkey and Israel, who preserve the Castilian ancient language as part of his culture, or as the people of Malaca (Malaysia), who have preserved a Portuguese Creole.

[anarmehtievful]

Are the Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Wu languages mutually intelligible to each other? If not, why do the native speakers of these language consider themselves ethnic Hans, like the native speakers of the Mandarin language? 

[ilyxb00]

I'M HAKKA ! <3 (=

[xRedster]

My great grandfather was Hakka Chinese and I've always wanted to learn the language/know more about it. Thanks for this video! I'm also partially Portuguese, haha.

[LeoneJalbert]

@hinchung88 nya gei hakka ng chor!!

[LuvliMizSunshine]

i can understand everything you said. im speak hakka chinese and my parents said i speak malaysian chinese and my family is from india but they are chinese.

[ZeroHour999]

@hinchung88 yep im east timorese chinese, great great grandparents were born in meixian