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A Hakka (pronounced "ha ku" or "hak ka") is a member of a Chinese people originally of northern China. Today Hakkas are widely distributed throughout southeastern China, in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and in Southeast Asia. The Chinese language spoken by the Hakka is called by the same name, Hakka.

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Ethnic group of China. Their name, from a term meaning "guest people," either is derived from Cantonese or is a name the Hakka gave themselves; it is indicative of their unassimilated status in the areas of southern China where they live. In the 18th – 19th centuries they often feuded with their non-Hakka neighbours over land. The Taiping Rebellion (1850 – 64) initially grew out of these local conflicts; after it many Hakka emigrated to the island of Taiwan and the Malay Peninsula.

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