Toisanese
E541864
Toisanese is a Yue Chinese dialect spoken primarily by people from Taishan in Guangdong, historically influential among early Chinese diaspora communities in North America.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sinitic language variety
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Yue Chinese dialect ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Hoisanese
NERFINISHED
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Taishanese NERFINISHED ⓘ Toishanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Taishan emigrant communities
ⓘ
early Chinese communities in California ⓘ early Chinese communities in San Francisco ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| diasporaVarietyOf | Yue Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | declining intergenerational transmission in diaspora ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | often grouped under Yue Chinese in classification ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked syllables
ⓘ
final stop consonants ⓘ multiple lexical tones ⓘ tone language ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy |
Chinese diaspora in North America
ⓘ
Chinese immigrants in Canada ⓘ Chinese immigrants in the United States ⓘ overseas Chinese from Taishan ⓘ |
| historicalPeakUse |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalRole | lingua franca of early Cantonese-speaking diaspora in North America ⓘ |
| influencedCommunity |
Chinese American community
ⓘ
Chinese Canadian community ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Chinese
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ Yue Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticDistinctiveness |
distinct from Standard Cantonese in lexicon
ⓘ
distinct from Standard Cantonese in phonology ⓘ distinct from Standard Cantonese in pronunciation ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | partially intelligible with Cantonese ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Sze Yup region
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ⓘ
Taishan County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shiftedTo |
Cantonese in many urban areas
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English among younger diaspora generations ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Guangdong
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pearl River Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ Taishan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
limited standardized orthography
ⓘ
primarily spoken language ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Yue Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Taishanese people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
overseas Taishanese communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.