Hope for Hakka based on research

I don't know why you are so reluctant to accept the fact that Hakka language is dying. First, I did not say it is dead. A dying language is different from a dead one, which is hopeless. A dying language is sick or very sick, but it can be "cured" by suitable means, such as Maori in New Zealand. Therefore Hakka still brings hope. It is because of this sense of hope that I did not, do not and will not give up, as shown by my efforts to keep my children talking in Hakka. But that is not enough. A language is a social phonemenon, not the dream of a scholar. Every Hakka who is capable of the tongue must realize this fact in order to keep our language alive. I am bringing a sense of danger ahead, and if all Hakka people are alert, we can prevent the Hakka language lost. When a language dies, the culture will also be lost later. This happened thousands of times in history and prehistory. Maybe you just want to ignore it because you do not want to see it. This is good because you have a sentment for Hakka, but if you are burried by the blind optimism that Hakka will be kept for generation in the way it is behaving today, you are also helping the decline of Hakka.

Don't tell me that how many of your friends are still speaking Hakka and ignore those who are not. I don't want to argue with you anymore just because of our "belief". Just do a research and give a statistical account of how many Hakka parents were/are talking (not teaching, don't confuse the terms) to their children in Hakka (defined by more than 50% of their conversation time are done in this language) in 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and perhaps also 2010 among Chinese cummunities in China and overseas.You can even present part of it in the coming meeting if you can. I can supply you with the data of Hong Kong. Unfortunately, statistical data are not easily available, but you can do it in Toronto and perhaps also of Vancover, New York and Caribic cities. It is difficult to obtain these figures from Hakka associations because they are usually "discouraging". But as you know, if we do not know the real situation and just argue on the net of who is optimistic and who is persimistic, it helps nothing to the situation. Remember the story of "Great Leap Forward" and don't repeat the experience in the diagnosis for the problem of Hakka. The figures will help both of us to plan our Hakka future. I believe that if we view this phenomenon scientifically, analyse the results with cool heads, we can give a good solution to the future of Hakka. The Jiaying province is only one possible solution and maybe you can suggest more and better ones. But remember, no hope can be built on pure imaginations, we can solve problems only by doing research and find out the truth.