Hakka Dialect Beginner Course

Presented by Intangible Cultural Heritage Office

Co-organised by The Association for Conservation of Hong Kong Indigenous Languages, Hakka Studies

There were numerous Hakka villages located on Hong Kong Island, in Kowloon and the New Territories and on the Islands of Hong Kong. The Hakka dialect used to be one of the most spoken dialects; it embodied the cultural traditions and characteristics of Hakka communities. The Hakka dialect was inscribed as one of the items of the "Oral traditions and expressions" domain in the First Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory of Hong Kong in 2014. In this Hakka dialect beginner course, participants will be able to learn some daily communication phrases and vocabulary in 6 lessons. The course details are as follows:

Lesson 1: Pronunciation and numbers

Lesson 2: What is your surname?

Lesson 3: Where are you from?

Lesson 4: My family

Lesson 5: Kitchen

Lesson 6: Phone calls and nursery rhymes

The programme is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has all along promoted Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public learn more about broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html.