Hakka is one language in the family of languages known as Chinese. The majority of its speakers are known Hakka people.Hak 客 (Mandarin: kè) means "guest", and ka 家 (Mandarin: jia) means "family".

Amongst themselves, Hakka people variously called their language Hak-ka-fa/-va 客家語, Hak-fa/-va,客語, Tu-gong-dung-fa/-va 土廣東話, Ngai-fa/-va "亻厓"話 (my/ourspeech).

The Hakka language has numerous dialects, spoken in Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou provinces, including Hainan island and Taiwan.

Amongst the dialects of Hakka, the Moi-yen/Moi-yan (梅縣, pinyin: MéiXìan) dialect has been used most as a prime example of the Hakka language. Moiyen is located in the north eastern region of Guangdong province.

Like all other varieties of Chinese, there is plenty of dispute as to whether Hakka is a language or a dialect.