Name: Bozheng Liao
Contact: Bozheng
Preferred language name(s): Hakka Chinese, Mandarin Chinese
Alternative names: Cantonese Chinese, English
Language classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese
Geographical areas where spoken: Guangdong, China
Approximate number of speakers: 31,425,260 (including different varieties of Hakka)，approximately 5000,000 (Meixian Hakka)

Other languages spoken in the community: Mandarin Chinese
Official language(s) in your country: Mandarin Chinese
Other language(s) in your country: Ayi, Äynu, Babuza, Bai, Baima, Basay, Blang, Bonan, Bunun, Buyang, Buyei, Daur, De’ang, Derung, Dong, Dongxiang, etc.
Does your language have a widely accepted writing system?
No

Language Background
My vitality assessment

Vulnerable Language

Inter-generational transmission:
All community members speak the language.
Absolute number of speakers:
>100000

Speaker number trends:
Most community members are speakers; speaker numbers are diminishing, but at a slow rate. The young generation are learning Mandarin Chinese at schools and losing some of the native expression in Hakka Chinese.
Domains of use of the language:
Used mainly just in the home and community; some speakers may value their language but many are indifferent or support language shift; no literacy or education programs exist for the language, but there are some singing competition in Hakka Chinese occasionally; government encourages shift to Mandarin Chinese.

What have other sources said about your language?

	Reported # of speakers	Vitality Assessment
endangeredlanguages.com	N/A	N/A
ethnologue.com	31,425,260	5 (Dispersed)
en.wikipedia.org	30,000,000	N/A