Fading Voices of Hakka In Hong Kong

Like Cantonese, Hakka is one of the best known dialects of Chinese. Due to the overpopulation of Guangdong province in mainland China, the use of Hakka was first brought to Hong Kong New Territories by a group of farmers during the early Qing Dynasty. (Text removed)

...A number of research has been carried out to look into the reasons behind such a decline in Hakka speakers’ population and the possible scenarios of this continuing trend. Some scholars put the blame on the control over the usage of Hakka under colonial language policies as well as the unwillingness of Hakka parents to talk to their children in indigenous language. Whatever the reasons might be, it is undeniable that the voice of this fading language in Hong Kong has become fainter than ever.