The proportion and distribution of local languages ??in Shenzhen before reform and opening up (contained in Baoan County Chronicle):

Hakka is the language with the largest local population in Shenzhen.

Hakka accounts for 60%, and Cantonese accounts for only 30% (at that time, the Baoan County Government also included the native language of the Jiwei people who had recently immigrated to Shenzhen into Cantonese, and some local dialects were also included in the statistics. into Cantonese), Dapeng Military Language accounts for 9%

(The main language on the Dapeng Peninsula is Dapeng Hakka. The Baoan County Government also counts the local Hakka dialect in Dapeng into Dapeng Military Language. In fact, the Hakka-speaking population in Baoan County accounted for more than 60% of the total original population).

Shenzhen aboriginal language distribution (including the language of the new immigrants Jiwei people in Baoan and Nanshan)

Shenzhen Hakka distribution map

●Longgang-Pingshan Hakka : Mainly distributed in Buji, Nanwan, Bantian, Henggang, Longgang, Longcheng, Pingshan, Pingdi, Kengzi, Longtian, Maluan, Nan'ao, Kwai Chung and other places in Longgang District and Pingshan District. Longgang Hakka is connected with Dongguan Hakka to the north, and Pingshan and Huizhou Hakka to the east.

●Longhua Hakka: It is different from Longgang Hakka in tone and intonation, but it is roughly the same and can be communicated fluently. It is mainly distributed in Longhua, Minzhi, Dalang, Guanlan and Futian District in today's Longhua District. Meilin, Xiameilin and other areas.

●Luohu-Yantian Hakka: It is the daily communication language used by residents in most areas of Yantian and part of Luohu in the original special zone. It is mainly distributed in Buxin, Caopu, Nigang, Luofang, Liantang, Dawang, Wutongshan, Xilingxia, Reservoir New Village and Shatoujiao, Yantian, Zhongying Street, Meisha and other places in Yantian District. The Hakka language in this area in the south is connected with the Hakka language in the New Territories in the north of Hong Kong.

●Dapeng Hakka: The largest number of speakers on the Dapeng Peninsula is Dapeng Hakka, followed by Dapeng Junhua. Dapeng Hakka is a branch of Longgang Hakka, similar to Yantian and Luohu Hakka. There are vocabulary differences between Hakka and Hong Kong New Territories Hakka, which are mainly distributed in Kwai Chung, Nan'ao, Dapeng and other places.

●Western Hakka: Mainly distributed in most of Shiyan in Baoan District, parts of Xixiang, and Shekou, Xili, Shahe, Dachong and other places in Nanshan District. There are also Baihua Community and Guangming New District Pure Hakka communities such as Hongxing Community.

Note (The distribution of Hakka in the three districts of Luohu, Futian and Nanshan in Shenzhen is as follows: starting from Changling Village in the east, connecting Liantang, Xilingxia, Luofang, most villages in Wutongshan, Dawang, Reservoir New Village, Bu Xin, Caopu, Nigang, part of Shangmeilin, Xiameilin, most of Shahe, Shekou, most of Xili villages, until Tongle Village in the west forms a belt distribution)

●Dapeng Military Language: It belongs to the ancient northern garrison language. Its geographical distribution range is mainly in the Dapeng Peninsula on the eastern edge of Shenzhen, including the two towns of Dapeng and Nan'ao.

●Weitou dialect: Weitou dialect is called the "local dialect" by the locals. Most of the residents of Weitou dialect are originally from Jiangxi, and some are from Anhui, Henan and other places. They are the result of the Central Plains residents who migrated south to Shenzhen in the past generations. A unique dialect formed, mainly spoken in parts of Luohu District and most of Futian District, Shenzhen City.

●Jiwei dialect is a dialect used by the Jiwei people who immigrated from Guangzhou, Dongguan, Panyu, Nanhai and other places from the 1920s and 1930s to the 1950s. It is mainly distributed in Nanshan. Xin, Baishizhou and Xin'an, Xixiang, Fuyong, Shajing and other places in Bao'an District