Definition of "Hakka"

Hakka

/ˈhɑkə/

adjective
not comparable
1. Of or relating to the Hakka (Kejia, 客家 (kèjiā)), an ethnic group of the Han Chinese.
noun
plural Hakkas
1. A person of Hakka descent.
proper noun
1. A Chinese language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia.
  Quotations
  The first county centre gone through, that of Tsengcheng, was full of new construction. After it, the language on the road right on into the Meihsien prefecture was Hakka.
  1977 May, Rewi Alley, “Meihsien—the Great Hakka Centre”, in Eastern Horizon‎, volume XVI, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, page 16
  As a mainland China national, the counter for our trial was fluent in English, Putonghua, and the Sichuan dialect, and was familiar with a number of other major Chinese languages such as Cantonese and Hakka.
  2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, page 10