Taiwanese Hakka is divided into five main dialects: Sixian, Hailu, Dabu, Raoping, and Zhao'an.

[7] With the introduction of martial law in 1949, the KMT-led government repressed Hakka, along with Taiwanese Hokkien and other indigenous languages in favor of Mandarin.

[8] In 2012, the ministry-level Hakka Affairs Council was established to stem the language's decline in Taiwan.

[10] In December 2017, the Legislative Yuan designated Hakka as an official national language of Taiwan.

[13] Today, Taiwanese Hakka tends to be used within families and within local communities, which has reduced intergenerational transmission.