Raoping Hakka
Raoping Hakka, also known as Shangrao Hakka, is a dialect of Hakka Chinese spoken in Raoping, Guangdong, as well as Taiwan.Distribution
In Raoping County, Hakka is spoken in the north, including the towns of Shangshan, Shangrao, Raoyang, Jiucun, Jianrao, and Xinfeng, as well as some villages in Hanjiang Forest Farm. As of 2005, there are 190,000 Hakka speakers in Raoping County.
The distribution of Raoping Hakka in Taiwan is scattered. It is mainly spoken in Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, and Taichung City. In 2013, only 1.6% of Hakka people in Taiwan were reported to be able to communicate in the Raoping dialect.
