Hakka has been made an official national language after the Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Hakka Basic Act (客家基本法). According to the amendment, townships in which Hakka people ...

The Hakka Affairs Council on Tuesday said it has restructured its organization to create a new Department of Language Development dedicated to promoting the Hakka language. The promotion and revival ...

Taiwan is an island about the size of Kyushu, but linguistically it is extremely diverse. Nowadays, roughly speaking, people use either Chinese languages or Austronesian languages. The Austronesian ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Speaking at the Hakka Affairs Council’s annual award banquet on Sunday, President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) pledged to continue supporting Hakka culture as an important aspect of ...

TAIPEI — Niche programming is always tricky — and even more so when you’re trying to cater for an ethnic group whose language is in danger of disappearing as a spoken tongue. But that is the task that ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — New Taipei City will reward registered residents with up to NT$4,000 (US$125) for passing the Hakka language proficiency exam next year, in an effort to encourage more people to ...

The Tam Kung temple on Government Street, the oldest operating Chinese temple in the country, is a point of pride for Victoria’s Chinatown and the city. But less is known about the Hakka people who ...