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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Honestly, there may be some similarities (words imported into Japanese from Hakka many centuries ago), but the languages are not related.
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Or the other way arround. Just because Hakka is on the mainland doesn't necessarily mean the flow has to go out to the sea and the islands.
The reason I become suspicious is that I have heard various claims being made by Japanese academics and then realized that they haven't followed even the most basic rules of scientific verification. I believe there are some that believe Japanese stem from Hebrew, based on some Yiddish words that sound similar to some Japanese words.