Hakka dialect is a multi-local dialect, which is mainly distributed in Meizhou, Huizhou, Heyuan, Shaoguan, Shenzhen, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, etc. It is widely used in more than 80 counties and cities in southern China 10 provinces (cities and autonomous regions) and more than 80 overseas countries and regions such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and America.

Hakka dialect is also called Hakka dialect in informal occasions, which can be divided into Meizhou dialect, Huiyang dialect, Huizhou dialect, Heyuan dialect, Gannan dialect and Tingzhou dialect according to different accents. Some areas are also called Tukan dialect, Shuiyuanyin, Yayu dialect, Xinmin dialect, Majie dialect and Huaiyuan dialect. Meixian dialect is the representative in the academic research of language, and Huiyang dialect has great influence in reality. Taiwan Province Province is represented by Si Xianqiang.

Present situation of Hakka dialect

According to some data, Hakka is regarded as one of the languages that are rapidly declining on the earth. The current situation of Hakka dialect in Chinese mainland is not optimistic. Due to the increase of cultural and economic exchanges in various regions, people widely use Putonghua, and Hakka dialect is generally not used for teaching in traditional Hakka areas. The younger generation has received Putonghua education since childhood.

At the same time, due to the popularity of TV media, Hakka dialect is rarely used in news media and mass entertainment. By the beginning of 2 1 century, the younger generation of Hakka people had rarely used Hakka dialect. At present, the traditional Hakka nursery rhymes circulated orally are rarely sung completely. With the economic globalization, the communication between Hakka and other ethnic groups is getting closer and closer, and the spread and inheritance of Hakka dialect in overseas Hakka communities is also facing a crisis.