Avid scholar: Vollmann’s interest is piqued by how Hakka sounded so different from other local Chinese dialects.
AN Austrian university professor is dedicating a large part of his research to studying the Hakka dialect after marrying a Malaysian, reported China Press.
Dr Ralf Vollmann, of University of Graz, first heard Hakka in his wife’s chats with her family over the phone back in 2017.
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