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RE:MIGRATION, HAKKA, SHE, TSU-P'U
THERE IS ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ZHUANG AND CANTONESE, HAKKA, HOKLO. AND
THAT IS THAT THE ZHUANG SPEAK A TAI LANGUAGE WHILE THE LATTER DONT. I M
BETTING THAT ALL THOSE WHO WERE CLAIMING HUA ANCESTORS WERE THE RICH AND
INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES OR THOSE WHO WERE LIVING ALONGSIDE CHINESE SPEAKERS. IF
U GO TO THE PREDOMINANTLY ZHUANG PLACES THEY STILL DONT KNO HOW TO SPEAK ANY
CHINESE. NOW IF HAKKAS ARE JUST A PEOPLE WHO ADOPTED A NEW IDENTITY, HOW DID
THEY END UP SPEAKING A CHINESE LANGUAGE? IT WAS NOT LIKE THERE WAS TV OR
LANGUAGE CLASSES