Hakka Chinese (,, ) is a language group of varieties of Chinese, spoken natively by the Hakka people throughout Southern China and Taiwan and throughout the diaspora areas of East Asia, Southeast Asia and in overseas Chinese communities around the world. Due to its primary usage in scattered isolated regions where communication is limited to the local area, Hakka has developed numerous varieties or dialects, spoken in different provinces, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi and Guizhou, as well as in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Hakka is not mutually intelligible with Yue, Wu, Southern Min, Mandarin or other branches of Chinese, and itself contains a few mutually unintelligible varieties. It is most closely related to Gan and is sometimes classified as a variety of Gan, with a few northern Hakka varieties even being partially mutually intelligible with southern Gan. There is also a possibility that the similarities are just a result of shared areal features. Taiwan (where Hakka is the n
Hakka chino (,, ) es un grupo de lenguas de variedades de chino, hablado nativamente por el pueblo de Hakka en todo el sur de China y Taiwán y en todas las áreas de diáspora de Asia Oriental, Sudeste Asiático y en las comunidades chinas en el extranjero en todo el mundo. Debido a su uso primario en regiones aisladas dispersas donde la comunicación se limita a la zona local, Hakka ha desarrollado numerosas variedades o dialectos, hablados en diferentes provincias, como Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian, Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi y Guizhou, así como en Taiwán, Singapur, Malasia e Indonesia. Hakka no es mutuamente inteligible con Yue, Wu, Southern Mandarin, Mandarin u otras ramas del chino, y contiene a sí mismo unas pocas variedades mutuamente incomprensibles. Es más estrechamente relacionado con Gan y a veces se clasifica como una variedad, con algunas variedades de Hakka del norte incluso parcialmente inteligibles mutuamente con el sur de Gan