In Surinam we were all Hakka, so we only knew how to speak Hakka. New arrivals from Hong Kong spoke Cantonese among themselves, se we understood some Cantonese.
早年蘇利南的華僑多為客家人，我們一向只懂得說客家話，爾後受來自香港的移民影響，多少也懂了些廣東話。