"Do People in Indonesia Speak Hakka?" When a Foreign Land Becomes a New Home, the Hakka People of Southeast Asia Practice Tracing Their Roots - TNL The News Lens Key Commentary Website

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"Anyone in Indonesia speaking Hakka?" "Yamaguchi-ya? Sounds like Japan!" When I told my friends and family that I was going to a "Hakka community" on West Kalimantan Island in Indonesia, I received all sorts of creative replies. The most hurtful one was probably: "Your whole family speaks the worst Hakka, and you still want to go?"