The Eye - Scene with Hakka dialogue

This is a scene from the Hong Kong horror film The Eye, in which Mun's grandmother suddenly and inexplicably talks to her in the Hong Kong Hakka dialect.

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Film & Animation

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• the
• eye
• gin
• gwai
• hakka
• hong
• kong
• chinese
• dialect
• dialogue
• speaking
• talking

[PurpleCarrots1]

I agree, sadly Hakka is a dying language. That is why I get sooo excited when I get the chance to have a fluent Hakka conversation with someone outside my family, lol.

[la626boyz]

Hakka dialect never die people, im Hakka 2, but i was borned in Vietnam, my family imigrated to US since i was 8 years old, i still remember in my town, there are alot of Hakka people live there... and they speak Hakka more any other languages out there. And my family only speak Hakka with us, they wont never ever let us forget this language, that's why i still could keep my native language actively, and it'll pass on the next generation..

[JJJ010101]

The granny is speaking hakka, the girl is speaking cantonese.

[saluteavatarang]

@PurpleCarrots1 I've only ever met ONE person outside my family who can speak Hakka.

[lipglossgal]

I swear the grandma's pronunciation is a little bit off... doesn't quite sound like hong kong hakka...

[adventseditio]

@ted2924 Indeed, the words are really similar, it's just the intonation that differs, which is why I can speak and understand a little bit of both.

[blahblahjam]

that is cantonese. i can understand it.

[crusherwu]

Hakka never Die..it's a Divine Language. :)

[SamPhan96]

@la626boyz  Cool im canton but moved to vietnam :P

[680LBS]

may Hakka live on forever!

[dragonippa]

keep it alive hakka ning :D

[ted2924]

Hakka is simlar to Cantonese like Portugese and Spanish. Spanish and Portugese understand little bit of each other language.