1. The Dialect In Southeast China Taishanese（台山话）

2. Presentation’s topics 1. Taishanese History and Culture 2.Taishanese Vocabulary

3. Taishan Dialect (Taishanese,台山话） Taishanese (Hoishanese or Toisaness) is a dialect of Yue (Canton). Taishanese is a sister dialect of Cantonese.

4. Where is Taishanese Spoken: Taishanese is spoken in and around Taishan City. Southwest of Guangzhou on the coast of Guangdong Province HongKong, United States (mostly California and New York City), Canada and Vietnam(Ho Chi Minh City).

5. Map for Taishan

6. Map of Taishan

7. Where is Taishanese Spoken Taishanese is spoken in 19 township in Taishan, except Chixi (赤溪镇) The People in Chixi speak Hakka dialect (客家话）

8. The History of Taishanese Taishanese originates from the Taishan regions and it extends to the towns around Siyi(四邑）. From the mid-19th to late 20th centuries , Taishan was a major source of Chinese immigrants in Americans. Taishanese was the dominant dialect spoken in Chinatown across North American.

9. Taishanese mixed with Western language Almost every household has a direct or indirect relative living aboard. Past to the later generation from hundred years ago from the oversea people. Some Spoken Taishanese always mixed with some English words in it, but the people who say it do not realized they speak the Taishanese with English.

10. Taishanese mixed with Western Language 台山話叫球為「波」（ball），打球叫「打ball」，好球叫「骨波」（good ball），主攻手躍起把球打過去叫「爸市」（pass穿過），球打出界外叫「倒曬」（out side出外邊），球賽雙方打成滿分平手叫「酒市」（deuce平手），雙方交換場地叫「請曬」（change side換一邊），打籃球防守叫「嘜波」（mark ball注意球），遠距投籃叫「浪術」（long should長特殊用法）。

11. Relationship with Cantonese Taishanese is a dialect of Yue branch of the Chinese Language. Taishanese pronunciation and vocabulary may sometimes differ greatly from Standard Cantonese. Speakers of Standard Cantonese often feel it difficult to understand Taishanese without adapting. Taishenses-speakers understand Standard Cantonese.

12. Taishanese Vocabulary No official standardized form of written Taishanese exists. Many common words used in spoken Taishanese have no corresponding Chinese characters. Example for plural pronones:

13. Taishanese Writing System

14. Taishanese VS Cantonese Practice 1.我企煮肴。 A.我吃饭了. B.我家设宴. C.我在家煮饭. D.我没吃饭. 2.火LIN爆啊 A.爆炸 B.好气愤 C.火烛 D.好爽 3.你去善啦 A.你去死 B.你去吃饭 C.去做善事 D.你去哪里 4.广州话中的“人字拖”，指的是台山的什么东西 A.地拖 B.凉鞋 C.拖鞋 D.钳脚公

15. Taishanese VS Cantonese Practice 5.台山话"偶噶"，用广州话表示 A.我噶 B.双数 C.你噶 D.傻噶 6.广州话"去玩"，台山话应该是 A.去爽 B.去街 C.去捞 D.去乃 7.大个佬是指 A.已婚男人 B.未婚男人 C.青年 D.少年 8.多LIN风是什么意思 A.好大风 B.没有风 C.多此一举 D.好多

16. Famous Taishanese American/Canada Watch a Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBatZbomsEw

17. Taishan-Architecture Watchtower (碉楼)-因用于防卫，都具有铁门钢窗遮蔽，墙身厚实，门窗窄小，枪眼密布，顶层设瞭望台等特点 。

18. Taishan-Architecture

19. Taishan-Architectre

20. Learning Taishanese Watch video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBdAr0tW5xU&feature=related ------ Present by Yanping Chen