Project Title: Introduction to Chinese Dialect- Hakka
Course: TIX1002 (Introuction to Sociolinguistics)
Program: Bachelor of German Language and Linguistics, Bachelor of Chinese Language and Linguistics
Faculty: Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
Project Coordinator: Dr. Sharifah Ayeshah Syed Mohd Noori, Dr. Azlin Zaiti Zainal
Summary :
Hakka is known as a clan of Han and Hakka dialect is a variety of Chinese language. Hakka is one of the Chinese dialects in the Chinese community and there are groups of Hakka people who live in Malaysia. We are targeting the Hakka community in Sibu, Sarawak as there are various dialects spoken by people who live there and Hakka is the largest group of Chinese in Sarawak. Language shift is happening in the Hakka community in Sibu, Sarawak. The community preferred to use Chinese or English in daily communication and the Hakka dialect is slowly being replaced. An educational video is filmed to raise awareness of the Hakka dialect and to preserve the endangered Hakka language.
Objective :
1) To raise awareness of the Hakka dialect.
2) To preserve the endangered Hakka dialect.
Last Update: 19/09/2022
