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Taishanese (台山話), or sometimes romanized as Toisan, Toisanese or Hoi-san-va, is a dialect originated from Taishan (台山)—home to many Chinese immigrants in the US.

Off the coast in the south of Guangdong province, the location of Taishan made it the most ideal immigrant origin from China to the US. The first wave of Chinese immigrants from Taishan started in 1848, with the pursuit of the California Gold Rush and later the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad. Until the 1960s, Taishanese was the main dialect spoken across America’s Chinatowns. Today, Taishanese can still be heard in every Chinatown. However, its role and significance have been gradually replaced by Cantonese and Mandarin, and one of the reasons is that there isn’t any systematic way to learn Taishanese.

At Inspirlang, we offer new ways of teaching Taishanese with fun and creative methodologies. Here, you will find Taishanese romanized with our own system. Ultimately, regardless of your background and age, you can start communicating in Taishanese with our online classes.

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Taishanese is a dialect from one of the six dialect groups—Yue. There can be many variations of Taishanese accents based on the town and villages of the speaker. In Jade’s Taishanese Stories, the narration is read in the accent of Taicheng subdistrict, which is considered the capital level of Taishan.