Learning Hakka 🇨🇳

Learning Hakka
Words I've heard from my mom

Hakka is the language spoken by the Hakka ethnicity who were originally from China. 
While some Hakka people still remain in China, many have migrated all over the world including the Caribbean eg. Jamaica, Oceania eg. Fiji, Europe eg. France, South America eg. Brazil, Africa eg. South Africa, and many more!



Intro

• 客家 - Hak-kâ - Hakka People
• 客家話 -Hak-kâ-fa/Hak-kâ-va - Hakka language
• 梅縣 - Meixan/Moiyen - The 'prestige' dialect of Hakka
• 东莞市 - Dun Gun - Dongguan - My mom's dialect of Hakka
• Tungin - People with citizenship for the country China

Greetings

• Ngài - I
• Ngài siang - My name is

Food

• Ham Choi 
• Yung Nee - Smaller Dried Fungus
• Gim Jim - Dried Vegetable
• Doongoo - Mushrooms
• Moi Choi - Preserved Mustard Greens
• Pork and Mook Nee - Pork and Dried Fungus Wood Ears
• Ngiong Tew Foo - Stuffed Tofu