- TAIWANESE HAKKA: HISTORY OF HAKKA IN TAIWAN All pronunciation of Honsii (Han characters) will be pronounced according to Hakka Taiwanese using Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabets (TLPA) except for those are well established words such Taiwan, Kwangtung etc. However, when a reference is cited, the author's original format is used. Mandarin may be included in the parenthesis using Wade system.home.i1.net/~alchu/hakka/toihak2.htm