客家方言又称客家话、新民话、麻介话、(亻厓)话,是我国汉语七大方言之一,习惯上又把使用客家话的人称为客家人。客家人是古代中原地区南迁的移民。据史籍记载,西晋永嘉之乱以后,由于胡人入侵,战争频仍,灾荒连年,中原地区的人民迫于生计,大规模地向南方迁移,成为占籍南方的移民。现在的客家人主要居住在东南沿海一带,客家话也以广东梅县为中心,通行于客家人居住的区域,如广东东、北部,广西南部,福建西部,江西南部。然而在远隔东南数千公里之遥的四川却也有客家人,客家话也在四川的一些地区通行。四川的客家人通常被称作“土广东”,客家话称作“土广东话”,以示与“真广东”相区别,大概表示是土著广东人的意思。这部分土广东人就是东南客家人移民的后裔,虽然离开本土已经几百年,但是他们大多仍然保持着祖辈的文化传统,有着独特的方言体系,与西南官话（普通话的西南方言）迥然有异,形成了一个个特殊的文化群体。 Hakka dialect, also known as Hakka dialect, Xinhua dialect, Macanese dialect, (亻 cliff) dialect, is one of the seven dialects of Chinese Chinese, customary Hakka dialect Hakka people. Hakka is the emigration of the south of the ancient Central Plains. According to historical records, after the civil war in Yongjia County of Western Jin Dynasty, the people of the Central Plains were forced to make large-scale relocation to the south due to the invasion by the barbarians, frequent wars and famine. The Hakka people now mainly live in the southeastern coastal areas. Hakka dialect is also centered in Meixian, Guangdong, and is widely used in Hakka-dwelling areas such as Guangdong’s eastern and northern parts, southern Guangxi, western Fujian and southern Jiangxi. However, there are also Hakka people in Sichuan, several thousand kilometers away from the southeast. Hakka dialect is also used in some areas of Sichuan. Hakka people in Sichuan are often referred to as “native Guangdong,” while Hakka dialect is called “native Cantonese,” as distinct from “real Guangdong”, presumably referring to the meaning of indigenous Cantonese. This part of the Cantonese is a descendant of southeast Hakka immigrants. Although they have been away from home for centuries, most of them still maintain the cultural traditions of their ancestors and have unique dialect systems that are quite different from those of southwestern Cantonese (the southwest dialect of Putonghua) , Formed a special cultural group.