Resumen de Social context, parental exogamy and Hakka language retention in Taiwan

Jie-Sheng Jan, Ping-Yin Kuan, Arlett Lomeli

• The Hakka people, the largest ethno-linguistic minority group in Taiwan, have found their ethnic language retention diminishing. Using the data collected by the Taiwan Education Panel Survey and Beyond in 2010, we are the first to study its reason for decrease. Results indicate that out-marriage amongst Hakka people and losing ethnic concentration are the major factors preventing Hakka language retention.