Wuhua dialect

Wuhua
五華話 / 五华话
Pronunciation[ŋ̍˧˩ fa˧˥ fa˥˩]
Native toSouthern China, Taiwan
RegionWuhua
Native speakers
(undated figure of 6,260,000)
Chinese characters
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
Wuhua dialect
Traditional Chinese五華話
Simplified Chinese五华话
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǔhuáhuà

The Wuhua dialect (simplified Chinese: 五华话; traditional Chinese: 五華話; pinyin: Wǔhuáhuà, Hakka: ŋ̍˧˩ fa˧˥ fa˥˩, Kak-ka-fa (-va), Kak-fa (-va) is a major dialect of Hakka Chinese spoken in Wuhua County, Jiexi County, Shenzhen, eastern Dongguan, Northern Guangdong around Shaoguan, Sichuan Province, and Tonggu County in Jiangxi Province.

Overall, the Wuhua dialect is very similar to the prestige dialect of Hakka, the Meixian dialect.