Where did the origin of Hakka dialect come from and how did it come into being?

Some experts believe that Hakkas first migrated from the north to South China with the immigration tide during several wars and turmoil in ancient times. Their ancestors migrated from Henan, Shanxi and other places, which also brought the characteristics of their local language at that time. The ancestors of Hakkas were originally Han Chinese in the Central Plains. However, many ancient Chinese phonetic features that are still used in modern Hakka dialects, including the suffix [-p][-t][-k] that can also be found in other southern dialects, have disappeared in some northern dialects. Hakka dialect was originally formed in the Southern Song Dynasty. On the basis of inheriting ancient Chinese, its pronunciation has changed regularly.

Historically, Hakka used to be one of the main circulating languages in Lanfang and China, and it was the "national language" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was widely used in its official documents? .

Extended data

Hakka, a Han nationality whose mother tongue is Hakka, is one of the aborigines in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi and Taiwan Province provinces in southern China. In history, almost all ethnic groups have experienced the migration of past dynasties and developed to this day. Today, the aborigines in Beijing and Shanghai are mainly immigrants hundreds of years ago, especially in Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces. Therefore, in thousands of years of migration history, Hakka people, like other migration groups, have become aborigines in many places? .

Hakka originated in Qin Zheng Lingnan Rongbaiyue period and developed in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang and Song Dynasties. At the latest in the Southern Song Dynasty, a relatively stable ethnic group-Hakkas was formed. So far, there are different opinions on how to call Hakka in academic circles, and there is still no conclusion.

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