Hakka is a Chinese language spoken by around 40 million people across one of the world's most internationally dispersed Chinese communities — southern China (Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi), Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Caribbean, and South America. The Hakka people have a strong sense of distinct identity within the broader Chinese diaspora. The US Hakka-American community is concentrated in California, Texas, and the New York metro area. Our Hakka translation work overlaps with general Chinese — civil documents are usually in written Mandarin, with Hakka used for spoken interpreting.