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Hakka Chinese is also known in China as Kejia dialect. The present study is based on phonetic data collected from native speakers of Hakka Chinese, male and female, aged between 18 and 22, during our field trips to Hakka-speaking Meixian County in the northeastern part of Guangdong Province in southeastern China in 2007. The speakers have lived all their life in Meijiang District of the county, speaking Meijiang variety which is considered representative of Meixian Hakka. The style of speech illustrated here is that typical of the educated younger generation and the recording is that of a 22-year-old male college student.

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Illustrations of the IPA

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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2009

Hakka Chinese is also known in China as Kejia dialect. The present study is based on phonetic data collected from native speakers of Hakka Chinese, male and female, aged between 18 and 22, during our field trips to Hakka-speaking Meixian County in the northeastern part of Guangdong Province in southeastern China in 2007. The speakers have lived all their life in Meijiang District of the county, speaking Meijiang variety which is considered representative of Meixian Hakka. The style of speech illustrated here is that typical of the educated younger generation and the recording is that of a 22-year-old male college student.

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Triphthong

iau | siau˧ ‘to rid’

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Acknowledgements

The authors are indebted to Xuejia Fang, Dejian Song and Yuanmin Xia of Hakka Research Centre at Jiaying University in Meixian County, Guangdong Province, China, for their support. Special thanks go to Chit Wong for his assistance and contribution to the operation of the field trips, and to two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments. Support by a research grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, is gratefully acknowledged.

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