Langenesis

Sino-Tibetan family

Hakka

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Hakka (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Sinitic → Old Chinese → Middle Chinese → Hakka.

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Speakers
44M (44,000,000)
ISO 639-3
hak
Glottocode
hakk1236

Sinitic group associated with the Hakka people of Guangdong, Fujian and Jiangxi, with large diaspora communities. Its origin in Song-era southward migrations is traditional and debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Siniticc. 1,500 BCE – 1,250 BCE
  3. Old Chinese1,250 BCE – 25 CE
  4. Middle Chinese25 CE – 1000 CE
  5. Hakkac. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 6

Also descended from Middle Chinese.

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