66
Unfortunately, the 1921 Census includes no details corresponding to the village-by-village information in the 1911 Census.
Language
94
The 1911 Census gives information on “Language Spoken in the Home", although unfortunately this information is not included in the 1921 Census. The information in the 1911 Census is broken down only by enumeration district, and is thus less interesting than it would have been if it had been provided on a village-by-village basis. A few points are notable, however, and are detailed in Tables 29 and 30 below. The first point is that, while Northern District was marginally more Hakka than Punti in speech (45.7% Punti: 53.6% Hakka), the land population of Southern District was substantially more Punti speaking (76.5% as compared with 14.2% Hakka, with 9.3% speaking Hoklo). (Nothing is said in the Census as to the languages spoken by the Boat People.) The percentage of Punti speakers in the New Territories as a whole in 1911 was almost exactly half (Punti, 40,389 or 50.3%; Hakka, 38,690, or 48.2%; Hoklo, 1,141, or 1.4%). This is a higher percentage of Hakka speakers than is often assumed in speech—the political dominance of the Punti often leads both them and the Hakka to over-estimate the numbers of the Punti.
It will be seen from Tables 29 and 30 that in most enumeration districts the males and females of any particular dialect group do not coincide, either in absolute numbers or percentages. In most cases, the differences are slight, and due to emigration out of the area or into the area of predominantly unmarried young adult males. However, in some districts the imbalance is so great as to be unlikely to be due solely to this factor. Thus, in Ping Shan enumeration district, there are 736 more Punti males than Punti females, and 754 more Hakka females than Hakka males, and on Lamma there are 321 more Punti females than Punti males, but 117 more Hakka males than females. It is difficult to explain these discrepancies. In some cases, where the number and percentage of Hakka-speaking females is greater than the number and percentage of Hakka-speaking males, but where, at the same time, the number and percentage of Punti-speaking females is less than the number and percentage of Punti-speaking males, it is possible that the census is recording the first stages of the move towards speaking Punti in the New Territories Hakka villages, with some Hakka families...
66
Unfortunately, the 1921 Census includes no details corresponding to the village-by-village information in the 1911 Census.
Language
94
The 1911 Census gives information on “Language Spoken in the Home", although unfortunately this information is not included in the 1921 Census The information in the 1911 Census is broken down only by enumeration district, and is thus less interesting than it would have been if it had been provided on a village-by-basis. A few points are notable, however, and are detailed in Tables 29 and 30 below. The first point is that, while Northern District was marginally more Hakka than punti in speech (45.7 Punti: 53.6 Hakka), the land population of Southern District was substantially more Punti speaking (76.5% as compared with 14.2% Hakka, with 9.3% speaking Hoklo). (Nothing is said in the Census as to the languages spoken by the Boat People) The percentage of Punti speakers in the New Territories as a whole in 1911 was almost exactly half (Punti), 40,389 or 50.3%, Hakka, 38,690, or 48.2%, Hoklo, 1,141, or 1.4%). This is a higher percentage of Hakka speakers than is often assumed in speech - the political dominance of the Punti often leads both them and the Hakka to overe-stimate the numbers of the Punti."
It will be seen from Tables 29 and 30 that in most enumeration districts the males and females of any particular dialect group do not coincide, either in absolute numbers or percentages. In most cases, the differences are slight, and due to emigration out of the area or into the area of predominantly unmarried young adult males. However, in some districts the imbalance is so great as to be unlikely to be due solely to this factor. Thus, in Ping Shan enumeration district, there are 736 more Punti males than Punti females, and 754 more Hakka females than Hakka males, and on Lamma there are 321 more Punti females than Punti males, but 117 more Hakka males than females. It is difficult to explain these discrepancies. In some cases, where the number and percentage of Hakka speaking females is greater than the number and percentage of Hakka speaking males, but where, at the same time, the number and percentage of Punti speaking females is less than the number and percentage of Punti speaking males, it is possible that the census is recording the first stages of the move towards speaking Punti In the New Territories Hakka villages, with some Hakka families
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