2017年大学英语四级翻译试题库:客家语
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
客家语
客家语,简称客语,在非正式场合又称客话、客家话等,是中国台湾的官方语言之一、苏里南共和国的法定语言、汉藏语系下汉语族内一种声调语言,国际语言代码:ISO639-3hak。客家语言一般认为在南宋便初步定型,直到20世纪才开始定名为客家语。集中分布在粤东、闽西、赣南,并被广泛使用于中国南方(含台湾)以及马来西亚等国一些华人社区。
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Hakka Chinese (Language)
Hakka Chinese (language) or simply Hakka, is widely spoken among the Hakka people in China and around the world. It is the legal language of the Republic of Surinam, and one tonal language element of Sino-Tibetan language. Its international language code is ISO639-3hak. It is generally acknowledged that the Hakka language was created in the Southern Song Dynasty, and was named so into the 20th century. It is heavily used in Eastern Guangdong, Western Fujian, Southern Jiangxi. It is also widely spoken throughout southern China (including Taiwan) and Chinese communities of Malaysia, etc.