The aboriginal people of Hong Kong speak the Hakka dialect. Why is Cantonese the official language now?

Because many Hong Kong people today are not locals, but immigrated from various parts of China. In the process of immigrating to Hong Kong, local dialects did not have an advantage. However, among the upper class of early Chinese society, the Chinese at that time mainly spoke Cantonese. Therefore, with the development of society, Cantonese in Hong Kong has been continued to be used. Until now. Since Hong Kong opened as a port. In fact, there are not many original residents in Hong Kong. Instead, most of the people in Hong Kong are immigrants. These immigrants did not form a unified language at that time.

Later, with the social unrest and the outbreak of the Taiping Rebellion, many Guangzhou people came to Hong Kong to avoid the disaster. After these Cantonese people settled in Hong Kong, because they communicated with each other in Cantonese, Cantonese became the official language of Hong Kong over time.

In fact, English can be spoken in Hong Kong. After all, Hong Kong has always been a British colony. Although Hong Kong has returned to the motherland, Hong Kong people still carry with them their previous customs in terms of cultural development. In Hong Kong in the past, people who spoke Cantonese generally had relatively high status, including many businessmen, scholars, or knowledgeable scholars. These people usually interact with people from the upper class, so Cantonese later became the common language in Hong Kong. From World War II to the end of the civil war, many domestic refugees fled directly to Hong Kong to escape the war. Because many people in Hong Kong at that time spoke Cantonese, even the aborigines of Hong Kong directly used Cantonese to communicate with others after Cantonese became popular.

Dialects from other places are not dominant in Hong Kong. Therefore, for the convenience of communication, many people directly use Cantonese to communicate. In the beginning, Cantonese was only the main language in Hong Kong. As society continued to develop, Cantonese gradually became the common language in Hong Kong and occupied an absolute position.